Question

I render my ViewModel with

Create.cshtml:

@using (Html.BeginForm("Create","TestTemplate")) {      

    @Html.EditorForModel()
}

I do not like the output content because all the divs are one below the other. What if I want a horizontal layout where one div floats lefthandside to the other div?

How can I modify such layout changes using the EditorForModel() helper when there is no html in my Create.cshtml view ?

UPDATE:

Why do I have to create TWO views. In the one I call @Html.EditorForModel() in the other EditorTemplate-view I do all the layout stuff which I could also do within the first view via EditorFor( x => x….) ??? This seems strange to me.

Answer 1

You want to create an EditorTemplate. Basically create a new folder called EditorTemplates in ~/Views/Shared and then create a new view within that folder that has the name of your model, e.g. Template.cshtml or whatever.

When you call @Html.EditorForModel() it will use this view as the template.