Overriding default ASP.Net MVC scaffolding HTML

Question

Each time I use Visual Studio to generate a display-template using scaffolding I get something like this:

<fieldset>
    ...
    <div class="display-label">Property</div>
    <div class="display-field">@Model.Property</div>
    ...
</fieldset>

Is there any way to change this template so that it use a HTML definition list instead?

<dl>
    ...
    <dt>Property</dt>
        <dd>@Model.Property</dd>
    ...
</dl>

I know you could use DisplayTemplates, but I want the generated code to be default in all my projects.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '11 at 16:27

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Take a look at the following post: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/01/27/asp-net-mvc-1-0-release-candidate-now-available.aspx. It describes customizing the templates. While it was written about Mvc 1 everything still applies

answered Feb 24 '11 at 16:27

marcind

ok thanks, that seems to be it. However, I cannot locate the "ItemTemplates" folder inside my Visual Studio installation. Any ideas why? I use Visual Studio 2010 Pro... – Mickel Feb 24 '11 at 16:44
Thad located under Common7\IDE. In your VS installation directory (also file search is your friend :) – marcind Feb 24 '11 at 16:50
I know where they're supposed to be, but they are not there :S Search returns no results for either the folder name or an existing template, like "create.tt". – Mickel Feb 24 '11 at 17:35
Should be under a path like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Web\MVC 3\CodeTemplates\AddView\CSHTML (in MVC 3). If they're not there you might want to try reinstalling the MVC tooling. – marcind Feb 24 '11 at 17:41

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '11 at 18:41

2

answered Feb 24 '11 at 18:41

Joe Cartano

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

1

You can accomplish this through T4 templates. Take a look at the explanation in this thread. How do I create my own Scaffold Template in ASP.NET MVC 3?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

Community

answered Feb 24 '11 at 16:33

Wizard of Ogz

3 Answers3