Render an action that returns a partial view in a view.

Question

Suppose I have an action that returns an rendered asp.net mvc control and send it as a response for AJAX request.

I want to have the response of that action during the whole page is rendering in a view.

public class Controller
{
  ....

  public ActionResult AjaxAction(string parameter)
  {
    return PartialView("~/Views/Controls/Control.ascx",parameter);
  }
}

now in view that renders the whole page I want something like:

<%var par = "1";%>
<%= AjaxAction(par) %>

Answer 1

I would use the jQuery load function, fired when the document is ready, and load the partial view into a div.

$(function() {
   $('#partialResult').load( '<%= Url.Action( "AjaxAction", "Controller", new { parameter = "1" } ) %>' );
}

 <div id="partialResult">
 </div>

Answer 2

Depending on what you want to achieve partial requests may work for you. This is typically useful where your control is some form of 'widget'.