asp.net mvc - How to make one controller the default one when only action specified? -

i using standard mvc template mvc 2013.

there home controller actions about, contact, etc.

there account controller actions login, logout, etc.

the app deployed @ domain website. url http://website produce output of /home/index, without changing url in browser address box, ie browser shows not result of http redirect.

how make url http://website/x route /home/x if x not controller in application? otherwise should route /home/x/index.

the reason http://website/about, http://website/contact etc without home.

a naive solution define new route above default (catch-all) looks like:

routes.maproute(     name: "shorturltohomeactions",     url: "{action}",     defaults: new { controller = "home" } ); 

the problem approach prevent accessing index (default action) of other controllers (requesting /other, when have othercontoller index action result in 404, requesting /other/index work).

a better solution create routeconstraint match our /{action} in case there no other controller same name:

public class noconflictingcontrollerexists : irouteconstraint {     private static readonly dictionary<string, bool> _cache = new dictionary<string, bool>(stringcomparer.ordinalignorecase);      public bool match(httpcontextbase httpcontext, route route, string parametername, routevaluedictionary values, routedirection routedirection)     {         var path = httpcontext.request.path;          if (path == "/" || string.isnullorempty(path))             return false;          if (_cache.containskey(path))             return _cache[path];          icontroller ctrl;          try         {             var ctrlfactory = controllerbuilder.current.getcontrollerfactory();             ctrl = ctrlfactory.createcontroller(httpcontext.request.requestcontext, values["action"] string);         }         catch         {             _cache.add(path, true);             return true;         }          var res = ctrl == null;         _cache.add(path, res);          return res;     } } 

then applying constraint:

routes.maproute(     name: "shorturltohomeactions",     url: "{action}",     defaults: new { controller = "home" },     constraints: new { noconflictingcontrollerexists = new noconflictingcontrollerexists() } ); 

see msdn