And would you use a RenderController or SurfaceController for something like that? When i use a RenderController the index() gets called but with a surfaceController it dont...

So @D_Inventor you we're right the Model! But now there is still a problem because i use the mastertemplate as a layout, but it does not work with the ViewModel because it needs a IPublishedContent.... Is there any way to give the layout the Model IPublishedConetnt which lays in the ViewModel

You'll want to use the

RenderController

as your base class for rendering content pages. That's specifically what that base class is for

The reason your layout doesn't work with the IPublishedContent model is because your model is not IPublishedContent. It's your own custom view model. You have two possibilities: 1. Use the original content model and render your content in a partial using any method you prefer. 2. Don't use IPublishedContent as your model in your layout view and instead use the line

@inherits UmbracoViewPage

and use either the Umbraco helper or the Umbraco Context to get the current page.

for me it always looks like this

and if i use the @inherits UmbracoViewPage it gives me an error which says it is no IpublishedContent

I have no opportunity to share any examples at the moment, A quick solution would be to inject the

IUmbracoContextAccessor

instead and use the PublishedRequest.PublishedContent property on the UmbracoContext. That should also give you the current page.

The view model

csharp
    public class SearchViewModel : PublishedContentWrapped
    {

        public string query { get; set; }
        public string searchIn { get; set; }
        public long TotalResults { get; set; }
        public IEnumerable<IPublishedContent> PagedResult { get; set; }

        public SearchViewModel(IPublishedContent content, IPublishedValueFallback publishedValueFallback) : base(content, publishedValueFallback)
        {
        }
    }

In the view you use

@inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage<SearchViewModel>

part of render controller

csharp
    public class SearchPageController : RenderController
    {
        private readonly IPublishedContentQuery _publishedContentQuery;
        private readonly IExamineManager _examineManager;
        private readonly IVariationContextAccessor _variationContextAccessor;
        private readonly ServiceContext _serviceContext;
        public SearchPageController(ILogger<SearchPageController> logger, ICompositeViewEngine compositeViewEngine, IUmbracoContextAccessor umbracoContextAccessor, IVariationContextAccessor variationContextAccessor, ServiceContext context,IPublishedContentQuery publishedContentQuery,IExamineManager examineManager)
            : base(logger, compositeViewEngine, umbracoContextAccessor)
        {
            _variationContextAccessor = variationContextAccessor;
            _serviceContext = context;
            _publishedContentQuery = publishedContentQuery;
            _examineManager = examineManager;
        }
        public override IActionResult Index()
        {

            SearchViewModel searchPageViewModel = new SearchViewModel(CurrentPage,
                new PublishedValueFallback(_serviceContext, _variationContextAccessor))
            {
                //do the search
                query = "",
                searchIn = "",
                TotalResults = 0,
                PagedResult = null
            };

            
            // return our custom ViewModel
            return CurrentTemplate(searchPageViewModel);

        }
}

You can view the whole code here https://github.com/huwred/MediaWizForums