How to create Populate Menu from in razor ?

Hi Karthik

You can move the menu into a separate reusable component and include it in the layout.

A Partial View is ideal for menus because it keeps layout clean and allows reuse.

Step 1: Create a menu partial view

Create a file:

Views/Shared/_Menu.cshtml

    
Home
    
Profile
    
Logout

Step 2: Render menu in _Layout.cshtml

    @await Html.PartialAsync("_Menu")

This keeps _Layout.cshtml clean and focused only on layout structure.

Hope this helps.

Hey,

Hope you're keeping well.

If you want to move menu rendering out of _Layout.cshtml, create a strongly typed partial view (e.g., _Menu.cshtml) that accepts a List model and iterate over it with Razor. Populate that model in your page’s OnGet (Razor Pages) or controller action (MVC) by loading menu data from a database via EF Core or from configuration, then pass it to the partial using @await Html.PartialAsync("_Menu", Model.MenuItems). This keeps menu logic isolated, makes it reusable, and avoids hardcoding links in layout. If the menu is dynamic and used across pages, consider injecting it via a ViewComponent instead, as it allows encapsulated rendering and dependency injection for data retrieval.

Thanks and regards,

Taz