asp.net mvc 4 - Html.ActionLink generates the wrong link based on routes.MapRoute -

i guess still don't understand routing.

i have 3 controllers

• admincontroller
• dashboardcontroller
• projectgroupscontroller

for dashboard, want url /dashboard/. admin section, however, want 2 different controllers. /admin/overview should using admincontroller, , /admin/projectgroups/ should using projectgroupscontroller.

this how routing looks like

 routes.maproute(           name: "adminoverivew",            url: "admin/overview",            defaults: new { controller = "admin", action = "overview" },            namespaces: new[] { "com.controllers" }         );      routes.maproute(       name: "adminsubs",        url: "admin/{controller}/{action}/{id}",        defaults: new { action = "index", id = urlparameter.optional },        namespaces: new[] { "com.controllers" }     );      routes.maproute(         name: "default",         url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",         defaults: new { controller = "login", action = "index", id = urlparameter.optional },         namespaces: new[] {"com.controllers"}     ); 

*note, reason 2nd route because have many more controllers under admin section.

it's working.. except, url html.actionlink generates wrong. @html.actionlink("dashboard", "index", "dashboard"........) generates /admin/dashboard when should /dashboard.

however, @html.actionlink("project groups", "index", "projecgroups".....) generates correct url /admin/projectgroups

if take out 2nd routes.maproute (adminsubs), situation reversed. dashboard gets right url, /dashboard project groups becomes /projectgroups when should remain /admin/projectgroups

what gives?

i think need few more explicit routes, since router doesn't know difference between "catch all" of admin/{controller}/{action}/{id} , {controller}/{action}/{id}. first matched pattern 1 uses.

you either need rid of admin/{controller}/{action}/{id} , under admin prefix needs explicitly assigned route, or opposite, remove {controller}/{action}/{id} route, , explicitly create routes should apart of root directory.