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asp.net-mvcvalidationeditortemplates
mishkovski
mishkovski

Reputation: 21

Template implementation for Html.ValidationMessageFor

I want to define HTML structure for Html.ValidationMessageFor in a View. This should be similar to EditorTemplates. How can this be done?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1148

Answers (2)

Zack
Zack

Reputation: 21

The view can use the custom HtmlHelper method by adding a reference to the method's namespace.

My view, after using @Darin Dimitrov's guidance, looks similar to the following code:

@model Project.Models.MyModel
@using Project.Helper;
...
@Html.ValidationMessageFor_ThatYouMade(model => model.PropertyBeingValidated)

Upvotes: 0

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1039538

How can this be done?

It can't be done. You will have to write a custom ValidationMessageFor helper. The generated HTML is not extensible and is hardcoded in the built-in helper. You may download the ASP.NET MVC 3 source code and see how the default helper is implemented. This could be used as a starting point for writing your custom helper that will generate the desired markup.

Upvotes: 1

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