When is a .cshtml file appropriate in Blazor (server side)?

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When is a .cshtml file appropriate in Blazor (server side)?

David Thielen 3,226

The sample app created by Visual Studio for a server side Blazor creates _Host.cshtml and Error.cshtml. Everything else is a .razor file.

So... when, if ever, should we be creating a .cshtml file? And why are these two files cshtml instead of razor?

thanks - dave

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Bruce (SqlWork.com) 82,596 Volunteer Moderator

blazor (WASM or server) is a javascript SPA app. It needs a plain html page to host the javascript. With blazor server, a razor page is used to host, and to display server errors (which would require a running blazor app to display a server error).

like any SPA, you may want non SPA pages, say for a crawler, or non app use.

David Thielen 3,226 Reputation points

2023-03-15T01:04:16.87+00:00

Mine is server side. And I thought we can use JavaScript in the .razor file.

Or is it that at base it needs the _Host.cshtml at the root for the JavaScript and then it imports all the .razor files on to it?

??? - dave
Rena Ni - MSFT 2,066 Reputation points

2023-03-16T09:07:15.2333333+00:00

Hi @David Thielen,

Or is it that at base it needs the _Host.cshtml at the root for the JavaScript and then it imports all the .razor files on to it?

Yes, you need the _Host.cshtml to add the js reference. More details refer to official document here.

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