Razor template variable scope

Question

Are variables I define in a shared layout _Layout.cshtml within scope of a View page?

_Layout.cshtml varibles:

@{
    ViewBag.url = "http://www.website.com/site/";
}

Index.cshtml:

<a class="continue" href="@ViewBag.url/our-vision/">Continue</a>

This outputs: /our-vision/

Answer 1

You could try answer from this question: How do I set ViewBag properties on _ViewStart.cshtml?

Set (Note: code is for _ViewStart, not for _Layout)

@{
    PageData["message"] = "Hello";
}

Get

<h2>@PageData["message"]</h2>

OR

Create more interesting solution: How to set ViewBag properties for all Views without using a base class for Controllers?