Returning an EditorTemplate as a Partial View from a Controller

Question

I would like to return an EditorTemplate from my controller as a Partial View.

I am currently doing:

public ActionResult Create([Bind(Prefix="Create")]CreateViewModel model)
{
    return PartialView("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Template.cshtml", model);
}

The problem is that after I do this the Create_ prefix goes away from my view. Is there a way to return an editor template as a partial view and retain the prefix?

Index.cshtml @model IndexViewModel

@using(Html.BeginForm("Create"))
{
    @Html.EditorFor(m => m.Create, "Template")

    <input type="submit" value="Save" />
}

I am submitting this form with an AJAX call. When I originally call EditorFor, all of the fields have a prefix of Create_. However, after I submit the form and return this PartialView, the prefix is lost.

Answer 1

Since the template wasn't invoked in the context of the main view it loses its context. You could define the prefix in this case as follows:

public ActionResult Create([Bind(Prefix="Create")]CreateViewModel model)
{
    ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = "Create";
    return PartialView("~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Template.cshtml", model);
}