TextBoxFor setting name of property incorrectly and in turn not binding the model

Question

In one of my strongly typed Views, of type ProfileModel, I invoke an editor for another type:

@model MVC3App.WebUI.Models.ProfileModel

<div class="contact-form">
    @Html.EditorFor(x => x.ContactModel)
</div>

I have this simple model:

public class ContactModel
{
    [Required]
    [Display(Name = "Name:")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [Display(Name = "Email:")]
    public string Email { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [Display(Name = "Message:")]
    public string Message { get; set; }
}

And this is what I use in my EditorTemplate view for ContactModel to display the textbox:

@model MVC3App.WebUI.Models.ContactModel

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name, new { placeholder = "* Name" })

The generated HTML:

<input data-val="true" 
       data-val-required="The field Name: is required." 
       id="ContactModel_Name" 
       name="ContactModel.Name" 
       placeholder="* Name" type="text" value="">

When POSTed back to the server the value is not binding to the model properties.

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SendPatientContact(ContactModel model)
{
    if (ModelState.IsValid)
    {
        // model.Name is null. :S

        return RedirectToAction("ThankYou");
    }

    return RedirectToAction("ThankYou");
}

If I manually set the name of the textbox to name="Name", the value is binding correctly to the model property. Any suggestions?

Mariusz · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11 22:10:03Z

1

In your situation you should not use @Html.EditorFor method but instead use @{Html.RenderPartial("_ContactPartialView", Model.ContactModel);}

answered Dec 11, 2012 at 22:10

Mariusz

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