Question

I am trying out the Editor Template in MVC 3

My model class is

public class BookViewModel
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DataType(DataType.Text)]
        public string Author { get; set; }
    }

I have create a partial view for Editor template and put that in a EditorTemplates folder with name Text.cshtml. following is the partial view

@inherits System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<string>
<p> Write the name of author</p> @Html.TextBox(Model)

and I used @Html.EditorFor in the view page

<p> Name : @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name)</p>

<p> Author</p> @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Author) 

But when I run the program what I see is only an empty TextBox. I should see a TextBox filled with Author Name right?

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

Your editor template should be:

@model String
<p> Write the name of author</p> @Html.TextBox("name of the textbox", Model)

The first parameter of the @Html.TextBox() helper can be an empty string as well, but its not recommended