Asp.Net Core Tag Helpers not available in Sub-Directory

Question

According to the documentation:

The @addTagHelper directive makes Tag Helpers available to the view. In this case, the view file is Views/_ViewImports.cshtml, which by default is inherited by all view files in the Views folder and sub-directories; making Tag Helpers available.

So I imported the Tag Helpers in the Views\_ViewImports.cshtml:

@using MyProject
@addTagHelper *, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers

and they work well on files inside the Views folder.

However, in the file Views/Home/Index.cshtml, I don't have support for Tag Helpers, neither are they correctly rendered as links. When I copy the _ViewImports.cshtml into the folder Views/Home, everything works as expected.

So what am I missing?

Update

So what am I missing? That my _ViewImports.cshtml was put in the folder Views/Shared (d'oh). After moving it to Views, the TagHelpers work as intended everywhere.

Ingridingrim

It works for me. If you have created your own taghelper then you have to create entry for that in _ViewImports.cshtml file. – Dialogism

I want to use the helpers defined by Microsoft, namely asp-controller and asp-action. – Ingridingrim

Answer 1

I tried a blank new ASP.NET Core 1.0 project and add it is working fine under Views/Home/Index.cshtml view. This is what you have to do (Make sure that it is available):

Add to following package and tool section into your project.json file:

"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "type": "platform"
},
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.0.0",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.0.0",

"Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
  "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
  "type": "build"
  }  
},

and

"tools": {
  "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
  "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final"
},

Create an _ViewImports.cshtml file under Views folder (You have one already) with the contents that you have mentioned.

Note: You may have to restart your VS to get it working.

Fino

Yes, it works for me when I put the file in the right folder (see update to my question). Thanks! – Ingridingrim