How to use asp.net mvc EditorTemplate

Question

I read that EditorTemplates are loaded automatically, but from asp.net mvc 2 and now 3 with razor, I still cant get this to work.

My model looks like this:

public class RoleViewModel
{
    public int RoleId { get; set; }
    public bool InRole { get; set; }
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
}

public class UserViewModel
{
    public User User { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<RoleViewModel> Roles { get; set; }
}

My view looks like this:

~/Views/Roles/Edit.cshtml

@model Project.Web.ViewModel.UserViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
   @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Roles)
   <!-- Other stuff here -->
}

~/Views/Roles/EditorTemplates/RoleViewModel.cshtml

@model Project.Web.ViewModel.RoleViewModel
@foreach (var i in Model)
{
    <div>
    @i.RoleName
    @Html.HiddenFor(model => i.RoleId)
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(model => i.InRole)
    </div>
}

If i move the content from the EditorTemplate to the actual page, then it works, it shows the checkbox, etc. But with this current setup, all that shows up is the count of the number of roles.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

~/Views/Roles/EditorTemplates/RoleViewModel.cshtml

@model MvcApplication16.Controllers.RoleViewModel
<div>
    @Model.RoleName
    @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.RoleId)
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.InRole)
</div>

~/Views/Roles/Edit.cshtml

@model MvcApplication16.Controllers.UserViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm()) {
   @Html.EditorFor(m => m.Roles)
   <!-- Other stuff here -->
}

Models

public class UserViewModel {
    public User User { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<RoleViewModel> Roles { get; set; }
}

public class RoleViewModel {
    public int RoleId { get; set; }
    public bool InRole { get; set; }
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
}

public class User {
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Controller

public ActionResult Edit() {
    return View(
        new UserViewModel() {
            User = new User() { Name = "Test" },
            Roles = new List<RoleViewModel>() { 
                new RoleViewModel() { 
                    RoleId = 1, 
                    InRole = true, 
                    RoleName = "Test Role" }}
        });
}

The above code works just fine. Compare it with yours and see if you see anything amiss :)