Question

I have for example a class:

public class Book
{
public int BookId { get; set; }
public string BookName { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
}

and an editor template:

@model MySimpleEditorTemplate.Models.Book

@Html.DisplayFor(p => p.BookId)     @Html.EditorFor(p => p.BookId)
@Html.DisplayFor(p => p.BookName)   @Html.EditorFor(p => p.BookName)
@Html.DisplayFor(p => p.Description)    @Html.EditorFor(p => p.Description)

I can use the editor template like this:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Book) 

However what if I want to have two editor templates or two display templates and use one or other for the same class? Is this possible?

Answer 1

Yes

public static MvcHtmlString EditorFor<TModel, TValue>(
    this HtmlHelper<TModel> html,
    Expression<Func<TModel, TValue>> expression,
    string templateName
)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff406506.aspx

“If a template whose name matches the templateName parameter is found in the controller’s EditorTemplates folder, that template is used to render the expression. If a template is not found in the controller’s EditorTemplates folder, the Views\Shared\EditorTemplates folder is searched for a template that matches the name of the templateName parameter. If no template is found, the default template is used.”