ASP.NET Scaffolding: View from Controller action method

In the terminal, I can run the following command to generate the Index.cshtml file:

dotnet aspnet-codegenerator view Index List -m Product -outDir Views/Product

Hello Pkruger,

Thank you for contacting JetBrains Support. I'm glad to work with you on this ticket.

The closest functionality in Rider is put caret in “View” method => press ALT + Enter to open context menu => Choose “Create Razor views”, as below: 

Reference

ASP.NET Scaffolding | JetBrains Rider Documentation

Thanks,

Tom

thank you Tom Luo 

Unfortunately, when I do this on my M1 Mac it does not work. I only get the following:

Thank you!

My setup:

JetBrains Rider 2025.2
Build #RD-252.23892.524, built on August 12, 2025
Source revision: 18364647ddbb4
Subscription is active until April 10, 2026.
For educational use only.
Runtime version: 21.0.7+6-b1038.58 aarch64 (JCEF 122.1.9)
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Toolkit: sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit
macOS 14.7.6
.NET Core v8.0.11 ARM64 (Server GC)
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Concurrent GC, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 1536M
Cores: 8
Metal Rendering is ON
Registry:
 documentation.show.toolbar=true
 ide.lookup.shrink=true
 ide.experimental.ui=true
 llm.show.ai.promotion.window.on.start=false
Non-Bundled Plugins:
 com.intellij.plugins.visualstudioformackeymap (252.23892.201)
 avalonia-rider (1.6.0.281)
 com.intellij.plugins.macoskeymap (252.16512.17)
 com.intellij.ml.llm (252.23892.530)
 

Hello,

This happens when the view already exists. Could you check whether the view exists? You can confirm this by putting caret in view method, then hovering your mouse on it:

If no view exists but the issue persists, please go to Settings | Editor | Inspection Settings | Inspection Severity | ASP.NET, check if Unknown view inspection rule is enabled:

If the configuraiton is correct, please share the following with us to investigate this further:

• A minimal demo project to reproduce the issue
• Rider settings:

1. Go to Settings | Manage Layers (button at the bottom).
2. For each layer, use the context menu | Export to File.
3. Additionally, please share your .editorconfig file if it exists.

You can upload these files to our Upload Service and provide us with the Upload ID. 

Thanks,

Tom

Hello Tom Luo 

Thank you for your reply. Before I saw and then read your reply, I noticed there was an update available for Rider. I updated to JetBrains Rider 2025.2.0.1, saw your post, and now I do get the “Create Razor views” option. 

Just to confirm, the code generated by these options are not the same as those generated by  

dotnet aspnet-codegenerator view Index List -m Product -outDir Views/Product

The Views generated by the “Create Razor views” options are just the bare minimum, with no Model code?

Thank you!

Hello,

Yes, this approach is designed to generate a minimal view by default. If you would like to include Model code in your implementation, you can right-click view folder | Add | Scaffolded item, then specify model from there. 

Important Note:
Currently, there is a known issue (RIDER-88316 Error when creating scaffolded api controller) where scaffold generation fails on macOS. This limitation does not affect Windows users. 

Let me know if you have any further questions.