Html.BeginCollectionItem("Gifts")) { } Does not exist

Question

Can any one please help me .

@model LioM.Models.Gift
@using (Html.BeginCollectionItem("Gifts"))
{

}

this is my MVC5 partial view. It shows an error does not contain a definition for BeginCollectionItem

Answer 1

Install BeginCollectionItem HtmlHelper from nuget:

PM> Install-Package BeginCollectionItem

And make sure it's Namespace is in your view:

@using HtmlHelpers.BeginCollectionItem

Answer 2

Can also add

<add namespace="HtmlHelpers.BeginCollectionItem" />

to the namespaces in the web.config of the Views folder. Mine was in an "Areas" folder so I needed to add it there.