Question

I was wondering if it is possible to create a custom strongly typed HTML Helper in ASP.NET MVC 2? Creating a regular (read not-strongly-typed) helper is straightforward but i am having difficulty creating strongly typed versions. For example, I would like to create a DatePickerFor html helper…

Any guidance or snippets would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you in advance!
JP

Answer 1

Ok, I figured it out (and it was pretty straightforward…). Posting one of my overloads in case anyone else runs into this question.

public static string DatePickerFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
  where TModel : class
{
    var inputName = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(expression);
    return htmlHelper.DatePicker(inputName);
}