It's still long way to go for a final release of ASP.NET MVC, the one I've been using right now is just a December CTP. But, like me you might be experiencing this confusing problem. The server controls that you put in a View (ViewContentPage) can not be found in code-behind page. The reason behind it is - the Views don't have a back-end designer code file. I believe it's just a bug or they could not find time to fix/look into it. I'm sure it will be fixed in any of the upcoming versions. To enable ......