View Components Search Path

[mysteryx93]

I'm looking into View Components and am a bit confused as to where to put the files in my project.

For now, I have Pages\Shared containing partials starting with underscore, and ViewComponents without underscore, and decided to put the model they use next to it. So I have

• _PartialView1.cshtml
• Component1.cs
• Component1Model.cs
• Components\Component\Default.cshtml

I'm also hesitating about the namespace: put ViewComponents in MyWebsite.Pages.Shared or in MyWebsite.ViewComponents?

Because I don't like file hierarchy digging too deep (Pages\Shared\Components\Component1\Default, I'm thinking it would make more sense to put ViewComponents in the folder \ViewComponents next to Pages, Views, Models and Areas folders, especially since they carry many files and folders that go with them. That keeps the Shared folder and the overall project layout a lot cleaner.

Then I'd have View Components in \ViewComponents in namespace MyWebsite.ViewComponents, and everyone is happy and there's no confusion.

Problem is, the default search path does not include \ViewComponents.

Wouldn't it make sense to include \ViewComponents in the default search path?

[mkArtakMSFT]

Thanks for contacting us, @mysteryx93.
This is something we plan to address as part of #10277