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c#asp.net-mvcrazorhtml-helper
mshwf
mshwf

Reputation: 7449

How to change or add attributes to html fields via html helper methods?

I want to disable or enable a textbox based on boolean value, I created this extension method:

public static IHtmlString MyTextBoxFor<TModel,TProperty>(
            this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
            Expression<Func<TModel,TProperty>> expression,
            object htmlAttributes,
            bool disabled
            )
        {
            var attributes = new RouteValueDictionary(htmlAttributes);
            if (disabled)
            {
                attributes.Add("disabled", "\"disabled\"");
            }
            return htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, htmlAttributes);
        }

And that how I used:

        <div class="col-md-10">
            @Html.MyTextBoxFor(model => model.Body, new { @class = "form-control"}, true)
        </div>

but its not working, I'm new to Htmlhelper class, though it's not hard to understand, but I certainly missed something!

Edit:

I tried this simple method, to find out the problem:

public static IHtmlString MyTextBox(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,object htmlAttributes, bool disabled)
        {
            IDictionary<string, object> attrs = HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);
            //var attrs = new Dictionary<string,string>();
            if (disabled)
            {
                attrs.Add("disabled", "disabled");
                attrs.Add("value", "txxxxxxt");
            }
            return htmlHelper.TextBox("txtbx", attrs);
        }

And that has been rendered: <input id="txtbx" name="txtbx" type="text" value="System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary``2[System.String,System.String]">

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2057

Answers (1)

user3559349
user3559349

Reputation:

The code for you extension method needs to be

public static IHtmlString MyTextBoxFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression, object htmlAttributes, bool disabled)
{
    IDictionary<string, object> attrs = HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes);
    if (disabled)
    {
        attrs.Add("disabled", "disabled");
    }
    return htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, attrs);
}

In your first code example, your use of

return htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, htmlAttributes);

is returning the original attributes, not the updated attributes that includes the disabled attribute. It should have been

return htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, attributes);

In your second code example, your using the TextBox() method rather that TextBoxFor() and the 2nd parameter is the value, not the attributes, and it should have been

return htmlHelper.TextBox("txtbx", null, attrs);

although that would not have bound to your property because of the incorrect name attribute.

Side note: Its a bit unclear why you would ever want to do this. Disabled controls do not submit a value so you may as well just render the value of the property as text in the view. If you do want its value to be submitted, then it should be readonly, not disabled

Upvotes: 3

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