MVC Web app can't find view in Area with subfolders-CodePudding

I have a folder structure as follows:

In my Startup.cs I have:

 app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
 {
     endpoints.MapAreaControllerRoute(
        "Admin",
        "Admin",
        "admin/{controller=Dashboard}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

     endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
        name: "default",
        pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
 });

In my ```FormsController` I have:

[IsRole(RoleEnum.Admin)]
[Area("Admin")]
[Route("admin/forms")]
public class FormController
{

    [HttpGet("skips")]
    public async Task<IActionResult> EditSkip()
    {
        return PartialView("Skips/_Edit.cshtml");
    }
}

For some reason, the view can't be found as I get this error message:

The view 'Skips/_Edit.cshtml' was not found. The following locations were searched: /Skips/_Edit.cshtml

I've tried using:

return View("~/Areas/Admin/Forms/Skips/_Edit.cshtml");

But still no luck, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong I've followed everything on Google and other stackoverflow answers but I've got to be missing something

CodePudding user response：

The path should start right after the Views folder.

Which in your case starts from Forms -> Skips -> _Edit.cshtml

return PartialView("Forms/Skips/_Edit.cshtml");

CodePudding user response：

you missed a view folder. try this url

return View("~/Areas/Admin/Views/Forms/Skips/_Edit.cshtml");