Html.DisplayFor() in Asp.Net MVC for List of items

Question

I have a list of Key/Value pairs. basically its a List where ViewModel is a custom class of the form

public class ViewModel
{
    public String Key { get; set; }
    public String Value { get; set; }
}

In the View i would need to render Label and Textbox for Key and Value respectively.Im trying to use Html.DisplayFor() however it goes with model and only displays the properties of the model and not the list.

I would like to achieve something of the format

 <% foreach (var item in Model) { %>

    <tr>

        <td>
            <%:Html.Display("item")%>
        </td>
     <td>
            <%:Html.Display("item.Value")%>
        </td>
    </tr>

<% } %>

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-13 08:41:17Z

3

You could try using an editor template inside the main view which will be rendered for each item of the model (assuming your model is a collection). Editor templates are more suitable for your scenario than display templates because you are rendering text boxes which allow for editing. So it would be semantically more correct to use EditorFor rather than DisplayFor:

<table>
    <%= Html.EditorForModel() %>
</table>

and then define an editor template for the view model (~/Views/Home/EditorTemplates/ViewModel.ascx):

<%@ Control 
    Language="C#" 
    Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<YourAppName.Models.ViewModel>" %>
<tr>
    <td>
        <%: Model.Key %>
    </td>
    <td>
        <%= Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Value) %>
    </td>
</tr>

answered Jan 13, 2011 at 8:41

Darin Dimitrov

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