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Shane LeBlanc
Shane LeBlanc

Reputation: 2643

MVC4 _Layout.cshtml Bundles For Scripts

In the head section of my _Layout.cshtml page I have this line of code...

<script src="@System.Web.Optimization.BundleTable.Bundles.ResolveBundleUrl("~/Scripts/js")"></script>

I check the scripts directory and jquery-ui is in there just fine. I'm fairly new to MVC and especially MVC4. I've worked with 3 and I don't believe there was anything to do with Bundles from what I recall, or at least used. From what I get, this bundles up all the scripts into a tightly typed up text format taking out spaces and whatnot. So what I'm assuming is that jquery-ui is going to be added to each page since it's a shared page like a Master Page in Web Forms.

Now in my Index.cshtml file that uses this shared layout page I have at the top.

$(function () {
    $('#DateOfBirth').datepicker();
});

I've added a partial view with this code as well in my Index.cshtml file.

@Html.Partial("_SignUp", Model)

The partial view contains the field I'm trying to add it to. Unfortunately, it isn't adding the datepicker to the input field of type=text, and yes, the id="#DateOfBirth" for this field. What's the deal?

Edit: I do get this error - "Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'datepicker'

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7297

Answers (2)

Stas Svishov
Stas Svishov

Reputation: 531

What i see is happening is if I take the javascipt code out of view 

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $('#StartDateTime').datepicker();
});
</script>

and place it in _Layout.cshtml below the 

@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery","~/bundles/jqueryui")
@RenderSection("scripts", required: false)

lines (notice that i had to include the jqUi bundle) it works FINE!!!

But I want it to work they way i want it to work. so the document ready is fired before the scripts are fully loaded?

UPDATE: Just surround your script with @section scripts {} and this will be rendered bellow jquery.js file at the bottom of the page.

@section scripts {
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {

        // Accordion
        $("#accordion").accordion({ header: "h3", active: 0, fillSpace: false });
        $("#bidTabs").tabs();
        $("#jobTabs").tabs();
        $("#settingsTabs").tabs(); 
    });
</script>
}

Upvotes: 4

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038810

I can't see anything wrong with your code and I am unable to reproduce the problem (ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta). The following works fine for me:

  1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC 4 project using the Internet Template

  2. Add a view model:

    public class MyViewModel
{
    public DateTime DateOfBirth { get; set; }
}

  3. HomeController:

    public class HomeController : Controller
{
     public ActionResult Index()
     {
        return View(new MyViewModel
        {
            DateOfBirth = DateTime.Now
        });
    }
}

  4. Index.cshtml:

    @model MyViewModel

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $('#DateOfBirth').datepicker();
});
</script>

@Html.Partial("_SignUp", Model)

  5. _SignUp.cshtml

    @model MyViewModel
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.DateOfBirth)

  6. Result:

enter image description here

So I guess now the question becomes, what did you do differently?

Upvotes: 4

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