The partial view 'First.cshtml' was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations

Question

I'm trying to call partial view in div on click. I've written this:

@Ajax.ActionLink("Second", "Second", new AjaxOptions()
{
    HttpMethod = "GET",
    UpdateTargetId = "partials",
    InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace
})

<div id="partials">
</div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.9/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.9/additional-methods.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/5.2/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

In my Index.cshtml. my controller looks like this:

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        public PartialViewResult Second()
        {

            return PartialView("Second.cshtml");
        }

but my error says that my partial view can't found in:

~/Views/switchPartial/Second.cshtml.aspx
~/Views/switchPartial/Second.cshtml.ascx
~/Views/Shared/Second.cshtml.aspx
~/Views/Shared/Second.cshtml.ascx
~/Views/switchPartial/Second.cshtml.cshtml
~/Views/switchPartial/Second.cshtml.vbhtml
~/Views/Shared/Second.cshtml.cshtml
~/Views/Shared/Second.cshtml.vbhtml

but I have it in switchPartial folder.

If I write @Html.Partial("Second") in my div it renders correctly my partial view.

What have I done wrong?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '15 at 09:46

No need to include the file extension at the end of the partial name. Try:

return PartialView("Second");

By not including the file extension, each of the registered ViewEngines is given its opportunity to resolve the requested view (be in Second.cshtml, Second.vbhtml or Second.aspx).

The partial view 'First.cshtml' was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations

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