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Questions tagged [asp.net-mvc-templates]
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MVC template from folder other than default (EditorTemplates/DisplayTemplates)?
Can you point MVC to a folder other than the default ones (Views/Shared/EditorTemplates & Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates)? I'd like to either put them in subfolders below those, or in other folders outside the Shared folder.
For example, if I have…

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ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor Templates VS RenderPartial
I just read this blog post on Razor Templating in ASP.NET MVC 3.
Put simply, i just dont get it!
That is, i don't see why we need this (fairly) complicated code to achieve what can be done IMO easier (and neater) with @RenderPartial ?
Here's what i…

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Adding HtmlAttributes to template
If I am passing HtmlAttributes into a template, like this:
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.FirstName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "orangetxt strongtxt" } })
In my template, how would I inject these into my HTML:

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Formatting currency using display template in MVC
I found this post about Display and EditorTemplates for MVC:
http://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2012/12/aspnet-mvc-display-and-editor-templates.html
It creates a display template to easily display a decimal formatted with currency sign.
The model used…

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Editing and saving complex objects
Say you have the following object:
public class Address
{
public String Line1 { get; set; }
public String Line2 { get; set; }
public String City { get; set; }
public String State { get; set; }
public String ZipCode { get; set; }
public…

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partial view coming without validation attributes (ASP.NET MVC 3)
A weird thing keeps happening on one of my ASP.NET MVC 3 apps.
I am fetching insert rows via jQuery Ajax api and there is no problem with that. But when I get the necessary partial view back, it is coming without validation attributes and I am…

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RenderPartial() in T4 Template
I am wondering if its possible to take an existing partial view's logic and reuse it for dynamic email generation, within a preprocessor template?
When looking through the T4ToolKit's intellisense options for
<#@ import namespace="System.Web.Mvc"…

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Reach out to ModelMetadata of one of model property
I was reading one of Brad Wilson's articles:
ASP.NET MVC 2 Templates, Part 2: ModelMetadata
http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/aspnet-mvc-2-templates-part-2-modelmetadata.html
Let's assume that on my ASP.NET MVC 3 App, I have the following…

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Is there any way to re-use editor & display templates in asp mvc applications?
We're developing 3 asp mvc applications, all will require some of the same shared editor & display template views. Rather than copy/paste these across all 3 projects, is it possible somehow to put them in a shared component and reference them…

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How to produce non-sequential prefix collection indices with MVC HTML Editor templates?
The following code has been stripped down a lot, but basically what I'm looking to achieve is as follows:
I'd like to able to edit Questions and their containing Answer Choices, while being able to dynamically add/remove Questions/Answer Choices…

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ASP MVC standard views
ASP MVC scaffolding creates Index, Create, Update, Delete views, but how practical is that in reality. There seems to be a lot of duplication of UI code with the Create, Update and Delete views. Would it not be more practical to have one view for…

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How do I put a strongly-typed-view WebForms .aspx template in a nonstandard location in ASP.NET MVC2?
So, I personally think this is sort of whack.
I put a .aspx template in a nonstandard location. In this example, it has a virtual path of ~/Content/Sites/magical/Index.aspx.
I then created my own view engine as a test, which extends…

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Visual Studio 2015 CTP has no MVC option when targeting 4.0
Using VS 2015 CTP, I'm trying to create a web application that targets fx 4.0
There is no MVC 4 Web Application template in the options.
That template does exist in VS 2013 Update 4.
Did I miss something in the install of VS 2015?

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Is there an "extended" UIHint attribute to apply CSS styles for DisplayFor - EditorFor templates?
Intro: After reading Brad Wilson Metadata series and searching unsuccesfully on google, I was wondering:
Question: Has any OS project / code been created that allows you to tag CSS styles in the Meta information, for example in my (buddy) Model, I…

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C# F# MVC 3 template deployment
I've recently started to explore Daniel Mohl "F# C# ASP.NET MVC3" template.
Can anyone share on how this type of project should be deployed to IIS7??
Thanks.

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