Question: Is there a way to define a namespace in a .razor file in Blazor.
Problem Explanation: Razor files in Blazor do not have a namespace defined (only the code behind class has one and it should match the .razor file location in the project). This resulted in a problem on GitHub and it restrict me from offering a Razor Component Library with few namespaces.
Github problem: This stems from a Microsoft philosophy I do not subscribe to: filenames are not case sensitive. I had a folder, lets say it was named 'FooBar'. In my project I renamed it 'Foobar'. Either Windows did not rename it properly, or when checking in in Github it was not seen as a change. As a result, my code behind namespace 'Foobar' no longer matched the namespace of my /razor file 'FooBar', resulting in a build error on Github (it worked fine on my pc). If I had been able to specify the namespace in the .razor file this would not have happened.
Component library problem: I am making a component library I want to offer on NuGet. I want to keep all my components in separate folders (let's say for Single responsibility sake). When I now want to include this component library, the _imports file will have a @include for each folder that is part of the library, again because I am unable to separate working with folders from the namespace the components are in. I would like to say @include Foobar rather than @include Foobar.Checkbox, @include Foobar.Radiobutton etc, etc.
So is there any solution to this?
Ok I did not find this googling (It might be somewhere though) but I tried the following:
In the code behind rename the namespace Foobar.Checkbox to Foobar
in the razor file add @namespace Foobar
Yes it is that simple facepalm