Question

I am trying to create an Editortemplate for a List<Package>. I am fully qualifying the type in my Editortemplate view as such:

@model List<JYP.Business.ViewModels.Package>

When I try to reference Model within my Editortemplate view, I am getting a null reference which leads me to believe that the model isn’t getting associated properly. I had to use a UIHint in my ViewModel in order to have it use the Editortemplate at all. My ViewModel contains a List<Package> Packages which is what I am trying to have my custom Editortemplate pick up. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You could rely on conventions:

public class MyViewModel
{
    public List<Package> Packages { get; set; }
}

and then in your main view:

@model MyViewModel
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.Packages)

and then you could define an editor template which will be automatically rendered for each element of the Packages collection:

@model JYP.Business.ViewModels.Package
...

By convention this editor template should be placed in the ~/Views/SomeController/EditorTemplates/Package.cshtml or ~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Package.cshtml. Those are the 2 locations that ASP.NET MVC will look for it in that order.