MVC 3 client-side validation on collection with data annotations — not working

Question

I am trying to get client side validation to work on my model -- so far it\'s not working.

My model has a property that\'s a collection:

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Answer 1

Try using Editor Templates in your view:

@Html.EditorFor(x => x.newsItems)

and inside ~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/NewsItemDetails.cshtml:

@model AppName.Models.NewsItemDetails

// bunch of stuff
// then:
<div class="editblock">
    @Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.newsBody, new { @class = "formtextem", id = editBoxID, rows = "10", style = "width: 54em" })
    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.newsBody)
</div>