ASP.NET MVC editor template for property

Question

Usually I render my forms by @Html.RenderModel, but this time I have a complex rendering logic and I render it manually. I decided to create a editor template for one property.

Answer 1

What type is the "x.SomeProperty"? I'm gonna assume for now it's type is called Property.

MyModel.cs

public class MyModel
{
    public Property SomeProperty { get; set; }
}

Property.cs

public class Property
{
    [Display(Name="Foo")]
    public int Value { get; set; }
}

Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Property.cshtml

@model MvcApplication1.Models.Property

@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Value)
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Value)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Value)

MyView.cshtml

@Html.EditorFor(model=>model.SomeProperty)

If you don't provide templatename for EditorFor helper it finds editortemplate which name matches SomeProperty's type.

Update:

To make a custom editortemplate for string you do:

Model

public class MyModel
{
    public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
}

View:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.SomeProperty,"Property")

Or alternatively:

Model:

public class MyModel
{
    [DataType("Property")]
    public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
}

View:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.SomeProperty) 

Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Property.cshtml:

@model string

@Html.Raw("I'm using property editortemplate:")
@Html.Label(ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName)
@Html.Editor(ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName)
@Html.ValidationMessage(ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName)