ASP.NET MVC Navigator

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides intelligent navigation between ASP.NET MVC controllers, views, and actions, similar to the functionality found in JetBrains Rider and ReSharper.

Demo

Features

🎯 Controller Navigation

Ctrl+click to navigate from controllers to views and actions:

• View("About") → jumps to About.cshtml
• View("~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml") → jumps to full path views
• PartialView("_UserInfo") → jumps to partial views
• RedirectToAction("Login", "Account") → jumps to AccountController.Login()
• RedirectToAction("Index", "Product", new { area = "Admin" }) → jumps to actions in Areas

🌐 View Navigation

Ctrl+click to navigate from views to controllers and actions:

• @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", "Product") → jumps to ProductController.Edit()
• @Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { id = 5 }) → jumps to current controller's Details() action
• @Html.BeginForm("Create", "Product", FormMethod.Post) → jumps to ProductController.Create() POST action
• @Url.Action("Delete", "Product", new { area = "Admin" }) → jumps to actions in Areas
• @Html.Partial("_UserCard") → jumps to partial views
• @await Html.PartialAsync("_ProductList") → jumps to partial views

🏷️ Tag Helper Support

Full support for ASP.NET Core tag helpers:

• <a asp-action="Details" asp-controller="Product" asp-area="Admin"> → jumps to controller actions in Areas
• <a asp-action="Edit" asp-route-id="5"> → jumps to actions with route parameters
• <form asp-action="Create" asp-controller="Product" method="post"> → jumps to POST actions
• <form asp-action="Search" method="get"> → jumps to GET actions (HTTP method aware)
• <partial name="_Navigation" /> → jumps to partial views
• <partial name="~/Views/Shared/_Header.cshtml" /> → jumps to full path partial views

🔧 HTML Helper Support

Classic ASP.NET MVC HTML helpers:

• @Html.ActionLink("Link Text", "Action", "Controller") → jumps to controller actions
• @Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit", new { id = Model.Id }) → handles route parameters
• @Html.BeginForm("Submit", "Contact", FormMethod.Post) → jumps to POST actions
• @Url.Action("Index", "Home", new { area = "Admin" }) → generates URLs and enables navigation
• @Html.Partial("_PartialName", Model) → jumps to partial views with models

🏢 Advanced Features

• Areas Support: Navigate between Areas, controllers, and views seamlessly
• HTTP Method Awareness: POST forms navigate to POST actions, GET forms to GET actions
• Multi-Project Workspaces: Works across multiple ASP.NET projects in a single workspace
• Smart Path Resolution: Handles relative paths, full virtual paths (~/), and Area-specific routing
• Parameterized Actions: Navigate to actions with route parameters and anonymous objects

Supported Patterns

Controllers (C#)

• View(), View("ViewName"), View("~/Path/To/View.cshtml")
• PartialView(), PartialView("PartialName")
• RedirectToAction() with action, controller, and area parameters

Views (Razor)

• @Html.ActionLink(), @Html.BeginForm(), @Url.Action()
• @Html.Partial(), @await Html.PartialAsync()
• <a asp-action="" asp-controller="" asp-area=""> tag helpers
• <form asp-action="" asp-controller="" asp-area=""> tag helpers
• <partial name="" /> tag helpers with regular names and full paths

Compatibility

• ✅ ASP.NET MVC (.NET Framework)
• ✅ ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET Core/.NET 5+)
• ✅ Razor Pages projects
• ✅ Areas and multi-project solutions

Usage

Simply Ctrl+click (or Cmd+click on Mac) on any MVC controller, action, or view name string in your code. The extension will:

1. 🔍 Analyze the code context
2. 🗂️ Locate the target file (controller, view, or action)
3. 🚀 Navigate directly to the destination
4. 📍 Position the cursor at the exact method or view

Configuration