How to make a certain View in MVC not inherit _Layout.cshtml?

Question

I'm using ASP.NET MVC5, razor syntax. I need a specific "Create" view to NOT inherit the _Layout.cshtml Shared View.

Basically, in this particular View, I don't want any of the _Layout.cshtml features like the navigation menu, footer, etc.

Solution 1

Use.

@{
    Layout = null
}

In whatever .cshtml file you don't want to inherit the _layout.cshtml

Solution 2

It inherits Layout because of your _ViewStart.cshtml file. Look at your ViewStart and delete related line. Then if you want to use Layout in your page you have to specify your Layout in each page.

Comments

[Mike Marks]

I agree this is an approach, but doing this will require me to add the layout manually to every view I want to inherit the layout.. this would be good if I had maybe 1 or 2 views that needed the layout, but for me, it's the opposite, I only need 1 view to not have the layout, so Layout = null seems like the best approach for me.

[Nico]

In any View page (cshtml) you set it as you would normally set your view