ASP.NET MVC - Get Current Area Name in View or Controller

Question

How do you get the current area name in the view or controller?

Is there anything like ViewContext.RouteData.Values["controller"] for areas?

Answer 1

MVC Futures has an AreaHelpers.GetAreaName() method. However, use caution if you're using this method. Using the current area to make runtime decisions about your application could lead to difficult-to-debug or insecure code.

Answer 2

In MVC 2 you can use ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["area"]