Reputation: 91
I'v been bashing my head against a wall trying to get EditorFor working as described here, but I can't for the life of me get my version to work.
I have two ViewModels:
InterviewViewModel
public class InterviewViewModel
{
...
public List<QuestionViewModel> Questions { get; set; }
}
and QuestionViewModel:
public class QuestionViewModel
{
public int QuestionId { get; set; }
public string QuestionName { get; set; }
...
}
I have tried creating EditorTemplates in two places,
/Views/Interview/EditorTemplates/QuestionViewModel.cshtml
and
/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/QuestionViewModel.cshtml
Neither one appears to do anything.
public ActionResult MyClass(int id = 0)
{
using (RRContext db = new RRContext())
{
...
List<QuestionModel> questionModels = new List<QuestionModel>();
questionModels = db.QuestionModels.ToList();
...
viewModel.Questions = questionViewModels;
return View(viewModel);
}
}
@model ResidentRank.Models.Interview.InterviewViewModel
... (html.beginform is here)
Html.EditorFor(model => model.Questions);
@model ResidentRank.Models.Interview.QuestionViewModel
<div style="clear:both; margin:10px 0px;">
<label>@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.QuestionName)</label>
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.SelectedQuestionOption, Model.OptionSelector)
</div>
The question banging around in my head is "WHY IS THIS NOT WORKING?!"
Upvotes: 1
Views: 2280
Reputation: 6992
In HomeController
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Display(int id = 0)
{
var questionViewModel = new InterviewViewModel {
Questions =
new List<QuestionViewModel>()
{
//Hard coded values to represent data coming from db i.e db.QuestionModels.ToList();
new QuestionViewModel() {QuestionId = 1, QuestionName = "A"},
new QuestionViewModel() {QuestionId = 2, QuestionName = "B"}
}
};
return View(questionViewModel);
}
ViewModels
public class InterviewViewModel {
public List<QuestionViewModel> Questions { get; set; }
}
public class QuestionViewModel {
public int QuestionId { get; set; }
public string QuestionName { get; set; }
}
\Views\Home\Display.cshtml
@model MvcApplication1.Models.Interview.InterviewViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<fieldset>
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.Questions)
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
</fieldset>
}
\Views\Shared\EditorTemplates\QuestionViewModel.cshtml
Make sure this is a partial view.
@model MvcApplication1.Models.Questions.QuestionViewModel
<div style="clear:both; margin:10px 0px;">
<label>@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.QuestionName)</label>
</div>
Note that I removed the
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.SelectedQuestionOption, Model.OptionSelector)
for to keep the view simple.
This displays..
Upvotes: 2