Question

I have the following code that I use to display detail rows in a grid:

 foreach (var item in Model)
        {
            @Html.DisplayFor(model => item)
        }

My model is a collection of IList<ContentDetail> and this uses the

Shared > DisplayTemplates > ContentDetail.cshtml file when it displays the items.

Is it possible for me to make it so that it uses a different file? I would like to have more than
one way of displaying the details and so I need to have more than one file.

Answer 1

If you look at the Intellisense in Visual Studio, the @Html.DisplayFor and @Html.DisplayForModel both can take a string TemplateName as an overload, where the TemplateName is the name of a partial view used to render that property or collection. The correct syntax would be:

@Html.DisplayForModel("MyTemplateToUse")

or

@Html.DisplayFor(model=>item, "MyTemplateToUse")

This should allow you to use a different file to render out your stuffs.