How to set default controller for an area

Question

I'm creating utility pages and the structure of the code files is as below:

/Areas/MyTools/Controllers/UpdateField  
/Areas/MyTools/Views/UpdateField/Index.cshtml  

When I browse http://mysite/mytools/updatefield, it works fine and I would like to open the same page for http://mysite/mytools/ as well.

Is it done differently in Sitecore?

SOLUTION:

@Hishaam's answer fixed it. Here is all the code for anyone experiencing the same issue.

MinionsAreaRegistration.cs

This class is created in the project, when you add an area. Add a new route in RegisterArea

public class MinionsAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
    {
        public override string AreaName
        {
            get
            {
                return "MyTools";
            }
        }

        public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
        {
            context.MapRoute(
                "MyTools_default",
                "MyTools/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

            context.MapRoute(
                "MyTools_Home",
                "MyTools/{id}",
                new { controller = "UpdateField", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }                 
            );
        }
    }

RouteConfig.cs

This class is also created when you add a MVC project. Add a new map route in RegisterRoutes.

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) 
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                "MyTools_Home",
                "MyTools/{id}",
                new { controller = "UpdateField", action = "Index", area = "MyTools", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
                );

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "MyTools_default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }

Answer 1

You need to register the Area. So, create a registration area under the path /Areas/MyTools/. You can name it MyToolRegistrationArea.cs.

In the MyToolRegistrationArea.cs, add the following

namespace YourNamespace
{
    using System.Web.Mvc;

    public class MyToolRegistrationArea : AreaRegistration
    {
        public override string AreaName
        {
            get
            {
                return "MyTool";
            }
        }

        public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
        {
            var myToolRoute = context.MapRoute(
                "MyTool",
                "mytool",
                new { controller = "UpdateField", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
                new[] { "YourNamespace.Controllers" });

            myToolRoute.RouteHandler = new Sitecore.Mvc.Routing.RouteHandlerWrapper(myToolRoute.RouteHandler);
        }
    }
}