Question

I have a property in my ViewMode:

[UIHint("FileUpload")]
public IList<string> Images { get; set; }

In view Create.cshtml

@html.ValidationSummary(true)
@html.EditorForModel()

In the folder Shared/EditorTemplates/FileUpload.cshtml

<h3>Test</h3>

But the field is not displayed. Simply, nothing happens!

I did the same test with another type of field and it worked:

[UIHint("FileUpload")]
public string Test { get; set; }

What could be wrong?
How do you solve this problem?

If I manually add the code below in my Create.cshtml view, it works!

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.Images)

I do not know what to do.

Answer 1

Yes, UIHint doesn’t work with lists. You will need a loop inside the corresponding editor template (~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/FileUpload.cshtml). The UIHint template is passed the model which in this case is a IList<string>.

@model IList<string>
@foreach (var item in Model)
{
    ...
}