The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml": "Scripts"
It means that you have defined a section in your master Layout.cshtml, but you have not included anything for that section in your View.
If your _Layout.cshtml has something like this:
@RenderSection("scripts")
Then all Views that use that Layout must include a @section with the same name (even if the contents of the section are empty):
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Title";
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}
@section scripts{
// Add something here
}
As an alternative, you can set required to false, then you won't be required to add the section in every View,
@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)
or also you can wrap the @RenderSection in an if block,
@if (IsSectionDefined("scripts"))
{
RenderSection("scripts");
}
I had a case with 3 levels a'la _MainLayout.cshtml <--- _Middle.cshtml <--- Page.cshtml. Even though doing like this:
_MainLayout.cshtml
<head>
@RenderSection("head", false)
</head>
_Middle.cshtml
@section head {
@RenderSection("head")
}
and in Page.cshtml defining
@section head {
***content***
}
I would still get the error
The following sections have been defined but have not been rendered for the layout page “~/Views/Shared/_Middle.cshtml”: "head".
Turned out, the error was for the Middle.cshtml to rely on /Views/_ViewStart.cshtml to resolve it's parent layout. The problem was resolved by defining this in Middle.cshtml explicitly:
@{
Layout = "~/Views/_Shared/_MainLayout.cshtml";
}
Can't decide whether this would be by-design or a bug in MVC 4 - anyhow, problem was solved :)
Also, you can add the following line to the _Layout.cshtml or _Layout.Mobile.cshtml:
@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)