ASP.NET MVC Editor Templates

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I have a question about Editor Templates. For example I have a model with date field, product prize field and weight of product field. I have successfully created Editor Templates for DateTime and Decimal. I'm given to understand that when I use EditorFor for any field it takes template depending on a data type of the field.

So when I use: EditorFor(m=>m.DateOfBirth) which is DateTime format it looks for DateTime template in EditorTemplates folder and EditorFor(m=>m.ProductPrice) which is double it looks for Double template, etc.)

Question is how can I differ that I want to use one Decimal template with string format ##0.00 for (double)ProductPrize and another template with format ##0.0000 for (double)ProductWeight?

Any help would be appreciated

Sergii Kudriavtsev · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08 09:58:24Z

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You may want to use an overload of EditorFor, which accepts template name as second parameter, like:

EditorFor(m=>m.ProductPrice, "PriceEditorTemplate")

More info: MSDN

answered Dec 8, 2011 at 9:58

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starskythehutch Over a year ago

Beat me to it, I'll remove my answer.

LetThereBeByte Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for such a quick answer. It works like a charm. I think I will use this one since It's easier to edit without need to compile the project again once you've published the site.

Marc · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-08 10:08:27Z

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Define it in your model using the UIHint attribute:

[UIHint("MySpecificEditorTemplate")]
public ProductPrice {get;set;}

And EditorFor will use the MySpecificEditorTemplate.cshtml for example.

answered Dec 8, 2011 at 10:08

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LetThereBeByte Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for such a quick answer. This works also but I will use Sergeys solution since this is compiled in dll library which makes it harder to edit once the site is up and running

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