C#•7mo ago

Unable to add a new Controller in Visual Studio

I am trying to learn .NET. I created a new C# MVC project but I'm unable to add a new controller. I don't see any option for that. I asked Copilot and googled it but unlike they say, there is no "Controller" button under "Add" I'm using the Visual Studio Community Edition downloaded from the Microsoft Store

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Angius•7mo ago

Add new item There you should have all the different scaffolding options

textYashOP•7mo ago

I tried that but I can't find controller on there

textYashOP•7mo ago

Where should I be looking here?

Angius•7mo ago

Web

textYashOP•7mo ago

but still no controller option

textYashOP•7mo ago

Angius•7mo ago

Huh I'd just not bother and add write the controller myself tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just to double-check though 1. Do you have the web worload installed with VS? 2. What's the version of .NET this project uses?

textYashOP•7mo ago

what's web worload? I opened .csproj in notepad and it has

C#
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

Angius•7mo ago

When you run the Visual Studio Installer you can modify your VS installation

Pobiega•7mo ago

VS isnt in project mode

Angius•7mo ago

That's where you can install different workloads

Pobiega•7mo ago

its in folder mode

Angius•7mo ago

Ah The classic

Pobiega•7mo ago

with VS, you need to open a solution or project file, not a folder

Angius•7mo ago

So, yeah, close VS and open it by double-clicking the .sln file of your project Or .csproj should the sln not be there

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