Go To Partial

A VS Code extension that adds Go to Definition (F12 / Ctrl+Click) support for Razor partial view references in .cshtml files. Quickly navigate from any @Html.Partial, @Html.PartialAsync, <partial>, or related call directly to the target view file.

Features

Go to Definition — press F12 or Ctrl+Click on a partial view name to jump to the file
Live diagnostics — unresolved partial references are highlighted with a warning squiggle as you type
ASP.NET-aware resolution — follows the standard ASP.NET MVC/Razor Pages view lookup order, including Areas
Tilde path support — resolves both short names ("_MyPartial") and root-relative paths ("~/Views/Shared/_MyPartial.cshtml")
Custom tag helper support — configure additional HTML attribute names from your own tag helpers

Installation

From the VS Code Marketplace

Search for Go To Partial in the VS Code Extensions panel, or install directly:

From a `.vsix` file

Download the latest .vsix from the GitHub Releases page
In VS Code, open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → Extensions: Install from VSIX...
Select the downloaded file

Supported syntax

Pattern	Navigable part
`@Html.Partial("_Name")`	`"_Name"`
`@Html.PartialAsync("_Name")`	`"_Name"`
`@await Html.PartialAsync("_Name")`	`"_Name"`
`@Html.RenderPartial("_Name")`	`"_Name"`
`@Html.RenderPartialAsync("_Name")`	`"_Name"`
`<partial name="_Name" />`	`"_Name"`
Custom tag helpers	configurable via `goToPartial.additionalTagHelperAttributes`

Both short names ("_MyPartial") and tilde-rooted paths ("~/Views/Shared/_MyPartial.cshtml") are supported.

View resolution order

When a short name like "_MyPartial" is used, the extension searches in this order:

Same folder as the current file
Views/Shared/
Views/Partials/
Pages/Shared/
Areas/{areaName}/Views/Shared/ (if the current file is inside an Area)

The extension tries both with and without the .cshtml extension.

Settings

See docs/configuration.md for the full settings reference.

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`goToPartial.additionalTagHelperAttributes`	`string[]`	`[]`	Extra HTML attribute names whose values should be treated as partial view names
`goToPartial.additionalPartialTagNames`	`string[]`	`[]`	Custom element names (e.g. `ec-partial`) that use a `name` attribute to reference a partial view

Contributing

See docs/contributing.md for development setup, commit conventions, and the release process.

License

MIT

Go To Partial

Søren Kottal

Go To Partial

Features

Installation

From the VS Code Marketplace

From a .vsix file

Supported syntax

View resolution order

Settings

Contributing

License

From a `.vsix` file