Html.ActionLink in Layout broken in some cases #278

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Updated to the latest code this morning (after the fix for issue #276 was implemented), and discovered a new problem. Links placed in the layout sometimes return empty strings. I’ve attached a sample project that exhibits the error. Just start up the site and there will be a link to the problem page that you can click on.

In the layout there are two links: @Html.ActionLink(“Home”, “Index”, “Home”) @Html.ActionLink(“About”, “About”, “Home”)

These links generate correct urls when you are on the Home page or the About page, but when you are at the /Admin/Players/Create url, though, these links generate empty strings.

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By Design
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This behavior is by design. Routes are matches against the current BaseRoute, so if you do Url.Action(“”, “Home”) and the BaseRoute of the current route is Admin/Players then you are saying you want to link to [baseNamespace].Admin.Players.HomeController. Use an absolute controller reference, e.g. Url.Action(“”, “~Home”).