What is the location of the default Editor and Display Templates in Asp.net MVC3?

Question

Where are the default Razor Editor and Display templates (eg String.cshtml, DateTime.cshtml) located when one installs Asp.Net MVC 3?

Answer 1

If you have DotPeek or Reflector you can look up the type DefaultDisplayTemplates in there you will find the templates. But be warned they are in Code format, not WebForm or razor format, so a bit more difficult to interpret.

StringTemplate

internal static string StringTemplate(HtmlHelper html)
{
  return html.Encode(html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue);
}

(There was no default DateTime template that I could find)

DecimalTemplate

internal static string DecimalTemplate(HtmlHelper html)
{
  if (html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue == html.ViewContext.ViewData.ModelMetadata.Model)
    html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue = (object) string.Format((IFormatProvider) CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "{0:0.00}", new object[1]
    {
      html.ViewContext.ViewData.ModelMetadata.Model
    });
  return DefaultDisplayTemplates.StringTemplate(html);
}

Answer 2

There are no default templates.Razor Editor and Display methods are extension methods of the class HtmlHelper. You can use them or you can develope your own extension methods, like this example.

public static MvcHtmlString MyTextBoxFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> helper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            MvcHtmlString result = InputExtensions.TextBoxFor(helper, expression);
            // do modification to result
            return result;
        }