Mvc Action Link not using correct route

Question

I have the following routes and typing them in the browser works fine and routes correctly, but if I use a Html.ActionLink, it tries using the DefaultStuff Route.

Routes

_routes.MapStuffRoute(
    "DefaultStuff",
    "stuff/{controller}/{id}",
    new { id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new[] { typeof(BaseApiController).Namespace });

_routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new[] { typeof(BaseController).Namespace });

Page

@Html.ActionLink("Job Queues", "Index", "Job") // generates http://localhost/stuff/job?action=Index

What am I missing to allow ActionLink to generate http://localhost/stuff/index. Reversing the routes the ActionLink is correct but the Stuff does not work. Just a note, the StuffRoute sets the action name based on the information in the request.

Connor Ross Connor Ross · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-29T20:56:01

It seems as though you actually are trying to map the controller "Job" to stuff. Currently your "DefaultStuff" route does not resolve an action, so it is putting it in as a query string value.

_routes.MapRoute(
"DefaultStuff",
"stuff/{action}/{id}",
new { controller="Job", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
new[] { typeof(BaseApiController).Namespace });

Mvc Action Link not using correct route

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