asp.net mvc editorfor

Question

Is it possible to get the EditorFor method also render the label and validation for a property like the EditorForModel method does ?

Now When I use the EditorFor method for a property (for example a string), it renders only the textbox.

EDIT

Arnis I tried it out and there some problems:

The extension method should be bound on the generic HtmlHelper class. Also returning string from the helper was causing encoded html.

So I modified your code

 public static MvcHtmlString EditorWithLabel<T>(this HtmlHelper<T> h,Expression<Func<T, object>> p)
 {
      return new MvcHtmlString(string.Format("{0}: {1}", h.LabelFor(p), h.EditorFor(p)));
 }

But the main problem is it works only with if the propert is of type string.

When the property is Decimal,Int,DateTime an excetion will be thrown.

Templates can be used only with field access, property access, single-dimension array index, or single-parameter custom indexer expressions.

I'm quite sure problem is elsewhere. Using same approach for ints, decimals, datetimes and custom types too. — Arnis Lapsa
– Arnis Lapsa, Commented Nov 22, 2010 at 10:57
Could be the problem that I'm using ASP.NET MVC 3 RC (Razor)? — user137348
– user137348, Commented Nov 22, 2010 at 12:54

ipodtouch0218 · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-08 16:51:39Z

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I would create custom html helper (code is untested):

public string EditorWithLabel<T>(this HtmlHelper h, 
  Expression<Func<T, object>> p){
  
  return string.Format("{0}: {1}",h.LabelFor(p),h.EditorFor(p));
}

This can be achieved with templates too, but I think custom helper fits better.

edited Apr 8 at 16:51

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answered Nov 21, 2010 at 11:24

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