Add/remove html markups according to the content of RenderBody()

Question

In my _Layout.cshtml:

<section class="container content-section text-center">
    @RenderBody()
</section>

I only want to have the "section" around when the "body" is not the home page.

I was thinking of detecting url, but soon realized that I will have many Urls bound to the website, it's not the smart way to do it.

So is there anything I could do to make the "section" wrapper smarter enough to know when to appear when not?

Answer 1

You can check that which controller is currently executing its action and put check on HomePage Controller :

@{
    var controllerName = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString();
    var actionName = ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"].ToString();
}

@if(controllerName == "HomePage" && actionName == "yourActionName")
{

    @RenderBody()

}
else
{
<section class="container content-section text-center">
@RenderBody()
</section>
}