How do I get ASP.NET MVC to set a default Controller and Action for an Area?

Question

I've created a new ASP.NET MVC project with areas and I'm trying to set a controller action to be the default controller action if the user visits that area.

I added an area called 'Login' now I have Areas/Login/ and I added LoginController.

I am trying to set this controller to be invoked when the user navigates to the website. I can access it if I type in browser www.test.com/Login/Login but I don't know how to set routing in global.asax to point to this controller as the default.

How do I do that in ASP.NET MVC?

Check here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2140208/how-to-set-a-default-route-to-an-area-in-mvc — Peter Mourfield, Jun 24 '11 at 19:52

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '11 at 20:12

When you created your area, did MVC not create the [AreaName]AreaRegistration class under the Areas/[AreaName] folder? In there you will find the area registration that looks similar to this. Modify the controller = portion of the defaults parameter to the controller name (Login) you want to use by default:

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "Login_default",
            "Login/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new { controller = "Login", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '11 at 19:42

2

If you decorate your HomeController (or really, all of your controllers that require someone to be logged in) with the [Authorize] attribute, ASP.NET MVC will automatically redirect people to the login screen if they are not logged in.

Example usage:

[Authorize]
public ActionResult Home()
{
}

Also, you may want to read up on the Open Redirect attack vulnerability (and fix).

answered Jun 24 '11 at 19:42

George Stocker

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I put login here as an example. My main question is how to set routing to start some controller as a default if that controller is in area. – 1110 Jun 24 '11 at 19:51

How do I get ASP.NET MVC to set a default Controller and Action for an Area?

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