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Josh
Josh

Reputation: 8487

ASP.NET MVC Html.Editor pass model to Editor Template

I have an Editor Template called "Address.cshtml" that has a model defined as:

@model Acme.Models.Address

In a View I want call the Editor Template and pass a local variable of the same type, and define the name it will use for the variables, I've tried a number of things including:

@Html.Editor("address", "Address", new { Model = address })

How do I pass the model?

Note, I cannot use @Html.EditorFor() because the view uses a different model.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5363

Answers (2)

Sat
Sat

Reputation: 1310

In a view (in its header or somewhere else, but before the row you are calling your Html.Editor) you can add the model in the ViewData with the key equals to your Html.Editor's expression and it will be used as a model in your called editor. For example:

@{
    var address = new Acme.Models.Address();
    ViewData["address] = address;
}

@Html.Editor("address", "Address")

Upvotes: 0

Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt

Reputation: 239460

The only purpose of EditorFor is to work with your view's model. If you need to work with a completely different class instance that's not your view's model or accessible through you're view's model. Then just use Html.Partial. They're functionally the same. If you're worried about using a specific editor template, you can always pass the full path to the view to Html.Partial.

Upvotes: 3

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