Question

I have the following classes in my Model:

public abstract class Entity : IEntity
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public int Id { get; set; }
    [Required,StringLength(500)]
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

and

public class Model : SortableEntity
{
    [Required]
    public ModelType Type { get; set; }
    [ListRequired]
    public List<Producer> Producers { get; set; }
    public List<PrintArea> PrintAreas { get; set; }
    public List<Color> Colors { get; set; }
}

To display the “Model” class in the view I simply call Html.EditorFor(model=>model), but the “Name” property of the base class is rendered last, which is not the desired behaviour.

Is it possible to influenece on the order of displayed fields somehow?

Answer 1

I’ve not been able to find an attribute for that, so your options are:

1) create one, and then revise the base Object.ascx template to account for it, or
2) create a custom editor template for your classes that explicitly put stuff in the order you want.