Set a DisplayTemplate to a WebGrid Column

Question

i have this sample

@Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.Expires, "DateTimeToDate" )

DateTimeToDate Display Template:

@model DateTime?
@Html.Label(Model.HasValue ? Model.Value.ToShortDateString(): string.Empty)

Column

... grid.Column("Expires", @Resources.Localization.Expires, canSort: true) ...

So, how i can use DisplayTemplate in webgrid column ?

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '11 at 22:01

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If the Expires property of your view model is DateTime and you have a custom display template for it you may try the following:

grid.Column("Expires", format: @<text>@Html.DisplayFor(x => item)</text>)

This should render ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/DateTime.cshtml for the Expires property of each item in the view model.

answered Apr 19 '11 at 22:01

Darin Dimitrov

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this dosent work, for some reason thsi display all values of model concatenated in the column – waldecir Apr 19 '11 at 22:39
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if i try to do `grid.Column(columnName: "Expires", header: @Resources.Localization.Expires, format: @@Html.DisplayFor(x => item.Expires))`, i got this error _CS1963: An expression tree may not contain a dynamic operation_ – waldecir Apr 20 '11 at 01:13
@waldecir, try `@Html.DisplayFor(x => item)` as in my answer. – Darin Dimitrov Apr 20 '11 at 05:08
I have also tried this and it presents some strange results. Can you shed any more light on this? – Banford May 16 '11 at 09:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 09 '11 at 20:35

Here is a snippet that worked for me, you will need to adjust it to your situation..

WebGridColumn adminColumn = grid.Column(columnName: string.Empty,
  header: string.Empty,
  format: (item) => new HtmlString(Html.ActionLink("Edit", "Edit",
    new { id = item.Id }, null).ToString() + "|" +
    Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id = item.Id }, null).ToString()));
columns.Add(adminColumn);

Set a DisplayTemplate to a WebGrid Column

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