--- title: "What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC" description: "What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC" author: "Sachin Singh" published: 2016-03-25 updated: 2016-03-25 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34075/what-is-difference-between-renderbody-and-rendersection-in-asp-dot-net-mvc category: "asp.net mvc" tags: ["c#", "asp.net", "asp.net mvc"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC Hi All,\ In [ASP.NET MVC](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155798/what-is-caching-in-asp-dot-net-mvc) [Razor syntax](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160235/what-is-razor-syntax-and-how-does-it-help-in-embedding-server-side-code-within-a-view), we will unable to understand the use of **@RenderBody.** My [layout page](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/649/set-header-and-footer-with-in-master-page) is below:\ ![What is difference between RenderBody and RenderSection in ASP.NET MVC](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickforums/89effd5b-4325-4a5e-891d-6c1ff05381c2/images/76f2e15d-405b-4b2a-a4ff-0a03564dc722.png)\ Can anyone give me a proper explanation of these two.\ Thank you. ## Replies ### Reply by Anupam Mishra Hi Sachin,\ A **RenderSection** allow to specify a region of content within a [layout](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12853/android-layout-and-its-type). It expects one parameter which is the name of the section. If we do not provide that, an exception will be thrown. A section in a layout [page](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13031/why-to-make-a-wikipedia-page) can be defined by using the following code.\ ``` @section header{   

Header Content

} ``` we can render above defined section header on the content page as given below:\ ``` @RenderSection("header") ``` By default, sections are mandatory. To make sections optional, just provides the second parameter value as false, which is a Boolean value.\ ``` @RenderSection("header",false) ``` A view can define only those sections that are referred to in the layout page otherwise an exception will be thrown.\ **RenderBody:** **RenderBody** method exists in the Layout page to render child page/view. It is just like the **ContentPlaceHolder** in master page. A layout page can have only one **RenderBody** method.\ ``` @RenderBody() ``` For more details. [CLICK HERE](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/739/layouts-renderbody-rendersection-and-renderpage-in-asp-dot-net-mvc-4) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34075/what-is-difference-between-renderbody-and-rendersection-in-asp-dot-net-mvc Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.