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How does Razor Layout Hierarchy work and how are nested layouts resolved?

Expert .NET Core
Quick Answer Each view declares Layout = "_Layout" (or inherits from _ViewStart.cshtml). Nested layouts: child layout sets its Layout to a parent layout. At render time, Razor renders the innermost view first, then wraps each layout around it. @RenderBody() injects the child's output. @RenderSection("Scripts", required: false) injects optional named sections from child views.

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Razor resolves the requested view, then the inner layout, then outer layouts, merging sections at each level. This supports multi-layered branding and UI composition.

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