How to move Areas folder to subfolder in DotNet Core 5 with mvc

Question

I moved 'Areas' folder to this 'ControlPanel'. When I run project, get this error:

InvalidOperationException: The default Identity UI layout requires a partial view '_LoginPartial' usually located at '/Pages/_LoginPartial' or at '/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial' to work. Based on your configuration we have looked at it in the following locations: /Areas/Identity/Pages/Account/_LoginPartial.cshtml /Areas/Identity/Pages/_LoginPartial.cshtml /Areas/Identity/Pages/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml /Areas/Identity/Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml /Pages/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml /Views/Shared/_LoginPartial.cshtml. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.UI.V4.Pages.Internal.Areas_Identity_Pages__Layout.<ExecuteAsync>b__42_1().

could you please help me to move my Areas folder to subfolder named 'ControlPanel'?

Answer 1

Hi @Hossein Dabbaghan ,

I suggest you use Areas. Because it is an ASP.NET feature used to organize related functionality into a group as a separate.

When a partial view is referenced by name without a file extension, the following locations are searched in the stated order(MVC):
▶/Areas/<Area-Name>/Views/<Controller-Name>
▶/Areas/<Area-Name>/Views/Shared
▶/Views/Shared
▶/Pages/Shared
If you use partial views like this:

<partial name="_LoginPartial"/>  

When you move the folder where _LoginPartial is located, the corresponding view will not be found.

You can click on the links below to help you understand:

1. Areas in ASP.NET Core
2. Partial view discovery

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Answer 2

Login should be at the spot you moved it from. All users should be coming to and accessing the login page, that shouldn't be in an Area. The error message is clearly telling you that.