I have an editor template for my model view ViewSetup. My view to use template is simplified as
#model IEnumerable<ViewSetup>
#Html.EditorFor(s => s)
My ViewSetup editor template has form submission like below:
using (Ajax.BeginForm("Edit", new AjaxOptions() { HttpMethod = "Post" }))
{
#Html.HiddenFor(p => p.TradingPartner.ID)
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
}
So basically i need a form to be submitted for each element of the Enumerable. But I'm facing a problem on form submission. My controller to process post is:
public ActionResult Edit(ViewSetup formDataSent)
{
formDataSent.Save();
}
As per default model binding I'm getting null for TradingPartner property since the name in the html is :
<input name="[0].TradingPartner.ID" type="hidden" value="1"/>
What I need is to submit only the ViewSetup object on each element instead of an array. If I can get the index part in the name removed that could work for me. But I'm not sure how to get just the ViewSetup object on form submission.
I bet that if you base your editor on one item instead of a list of items then you would gain more flexibility.
#model IEnumerable<ViewSetup>
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
#Html.EditorFor(modelItem => item.TradingPartner)
}
I had the same issue, what resolved it for me was this:
#foreach (var item in Model)
{
#Html.EditorFor(modelItem => item.TradingPartner, null, "")
}
The third property of the EditorFor being blank will get rid of the "[0]" from your objects.
Related
I have a very weird bug. I have a page on MVC that displays two editors and gets passed a model with the value for both editors. The model is as follows:
public class BulletinsModel
{
[AllowHtml]
[Display(Name = "Some Bulletin")]
public string SomeBulletin { get; set; }
[AllowHtml]
[Display(Name = "Other Bulletin")]
public string OtherBulletin { get; set; }
}
I then, defined a view which receives this view model and maps it to two kendo editors.There is also some javascript code to make a post to update the information.
#model BulletinsModel
<div id="settings">
<div class="form-horizontal">
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(m => m.SomeBulletin, new { #class = "col-md-6 text-left" })
#(Html.Kendo().EditorFor(m => m.SomeBulletin).Encode(false).Name("Some_Bulletin"))
#Html.LabelFor(m => m.OtherBulletin, new { #class = "col-md-6 text-left" })
#(Html.Kendo().EditorFor(m => m.OtherBulletin).Encode(false).Name("Other_Bulletin"))
</div>
</div>
</div>
My code for my action method that renders this view is as follows (nothing fancy):
[HttpGet]
public PartialViewResult Index()
{
ViewBag.ActiveSectionName = "Bulletins";
var bulletinModel = GetBulletinsModel();
return PartialView("_Bulletins",bulletinModel);
}
However, my issue is that after hitting the Index action a couple of times, the editors become non responsive and I cannot edit the information on them. This only happens on IE, as I have not been able to replicate the issue in other browsers.
EDIT: I have just noticed that the editor is frozen. In order to be able to edit what's inside of the editor I need to click on any option of the toolbar to make it responsive once again. Why is that?
Turns out that the issue is happening with IE as detailed in this post:
Adding, removing, adding editor -> all editors on page become read only in IE. The problem is with the iframes inside the editor. I was loading my page with an Ajax request to which I had to add the following code before making the request to make it work.
function unloadEditor($editor) {
if ($editor.length > 0) {
$editor.data('kendoEditor').wrapper.find("iframe").remove();
$editor.data('kendoEditor').destroy();
}
}
unloadEditor($('#myEditor'));
I have added a button in my view. When this button is clicked partial view is added. In my form I can add as much partial view as I can. When Submitting this form data I am unable to send all the partial view data to controller.
I have made a different model having all the attributes and I have made a list of that model to my main model. Can anyone please give me some trick so that I can send all the partial view content to my controller?
In My View
<div id="CSQGroup">
</div>
<div>
<input type="button" value="Add Field" id="addField" onclick="addFieldss()" />
</div>
function addFieldss()
{
$.ajax({
url: '#Url.Content("~/AdminProduct/GetColorSizeQty")',
type: 'GET',
success:function(result) {
var newDiv = $(document.createElement("div")).attr("id", 'CSQ' + myCounter);
newDiv.html(result);
newDiv.appendTo("#CSQGroup");
myCounter++;
},
error: function(result) {
alert("Failure");
}
});
}
In My controller
public ActionResult GetColorSizeQty()
{
var data = new AdminProductDetailModel();
data.colorList = commonCore.getallTypeofList("color");
data.sizeList = commonCore.getallTypeofList("size");
return PartialView(data);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddDetail(AdminProductDetailModel model)
{
....
}
In my Partial View
#model IKLE.Model.ProductModel.AdminProductDetailModel
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId)
#Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId, Model.sizeList, "--Select Size--")
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategoryColorId)
#Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategoryColorId, Model.colorList, "--Select Color--")
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategoryColorId)
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.productTotalQuantity)
#Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.productTotalQuantity)
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.productTotalQuantity)
</div>
Your problem is that the partial renders html based on a single AdminProductDetailModel object, yet you are trying to post back a collection. When you dynamically add a new object you continue to add duplicate controls that look like <input name="productTotalQuantity" ..> (this is also creating invalid html because of the duplicate id attributes) where as they need to be <input name="[0].productTotalQuantity" ..>, <input name="[1].productTotalQuantity" ..> etc. in order to bind to a collection on post back.
The DefaultModelBinder required that the indexer for collection items start at zero and be consecutive, or that the form values include a Index=someValue where the indexer is someValue (for example <input name="[ABC].productTotalQuantity" ..><input name="Index" value="ABC">. This is explained in detail in Phil Haack's article Model Binding To A List. Using the Index approach is generally better because it also allows you to delete items from the list (otherwise it would be necessary to rename all existing controls so the indexer is consecutive).
Two possible approaches to your issue.
Option 1
Use the BeginItemCollection helper for your partial view. This helper will render a hidden input for the Index value based on a GUID. You need this in both the partial view and the loop where you render existing items. Your partial would look something like
#model IKLE.Model.ProductModel.AdminProductDetailModel
#using(Html.BeginCollectionItem())
{
<div class="editor-field">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId)
#Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId, Model.sizeList, "--Select Size--")
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.fkConfigChoiceCategorySizeId)
</div>
....
}
Option 2
Manually create the html elements representing a new object with a 'fake' indexer, place them in a hidden container, then in the Add button event, clone the html, update the indexers and Index value and append the cloned elements to the DOM. To make sure the html is correct, create one default object in a for loop and inspect the html it generates. An example of this approach is shown in this answer
<div id="newItem" style="display:none">
<div class="editor-field">
<label for="_#__productTotalQuantity">Quantity</label>
<input type="text" id="_#__productTotalQuantity" name="[#].productTotalQuantity" value />
....
</div>
// more properties of your model
</div>
Note the use of a 'fake' indexer to prevent this one being bound on post back ('#' and '%' wont match up so they are ignored by the DefaultModelBinder)
$('#addField').click(function() {
var index = (new Date()).getTime();
var clone = $('#NewItem').clone();
// Update the indexer and Index value of the clone
clone.html($(clone).html().replace(/\[#\]/g, '[' + index + ']'));
clone.html($(clone).html().replace(/"%"/g, '"' + index + '"'));
$('#yourContainer').append(clone.html());
}
The advantage of option 1 is that you are strongly typing the view to your model, but it means making a call to the server each time you add a new item. The advantage of option 2 is that its all done client side, but if you make any changes to you model (e.g. add a validation attribute to a property) then you also need to manually update the html, making maintenance a bit harder.
Finally, if you are using client side validation (jquery-validate-unobtrusive.js), then you need re-parse the validator each time you add new elements to the DOM as explained in this answer.
$('form').data('validator', null);
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse($('form'));
And of course you need to change you POST method to accept a collection
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult AddDetail(IEnumerable<AdminProductDetailModel> model)
{
....
}
I need to have multiple radio button groups in my form like this:
I know it's simply done by specifying the same "name" html attribute for each group.
HOWEVER
MVC doesn't let you specify your own name attribute when using html helper like this:
#Html.RadioButtonFor(i => item.id, item.SelectedID, new { Name = item.OptServiceCatId })
Because it looks at each tag's "name" attribute (not "id") to map/bind the form to the model which the controller receives, etc.
Some said that specifying each with the same "GroupName" attribute will solve the problem, but it didn't work either.
So, is there any way which works ?
EDIT:
Here's my view (simplified):
#model Service_Provider.ViewModels.SelectOptServicesForSubServiceViewModel
#foreach (var cat in Model.OptServices)
{
//A piece of code & html here
#foreach (var item in cat.OptItems.Where(i => i.MultiSelect == false))
{
#Html.RadioButtonFor(i => item.id, item.SelectedID, new { GroupName = item.OptServiceCatId })
<br />
}
}
NOTE:
My model is a List<OptServices>:
public List<OptServices> Cats {get; set;}
And OptServices has a List of OptItems inside:
public class OptServices
{
//a few things
public List<OptItems> Items {get; set;}
}
all you need is to tie the group to a different item in your model
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Field1, "Milk")
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Field1, "Butter")
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Field2, "Water")
#Html.RadioButtonFor(x => x.Field2, "Beer")
Ok here's how I fixed this
My model is a list of categories. Each category contains a list of its subcategories.
with this in mind, every time in the foreach loop, each RadioButton will have its category's ID (which is unique) as its name attribue.
And I also used Html.RadioButton instead of Html.RadioButtonFor.
Here's the final 'working' pseudo-code:
#foreach (var cat in Model.Categories)
{
//A piece of code & html here
#foreach (var item in cat.SubCategories)
{
#Html.RadioButton(item.CategoryID.ToString(), item.ID)
}
}
The result is:
<input name="127" type="radio" value="110">
Please note that I HAVE NOT put all these radio button groups inside a form. And I don't know if this solution will still work properly in a form.
Thanks to all of the people who helped me solve this ;)
I fixed a similar issue building a RadioButtonFor with pairs of text/value from a SelectList. I used a ViewBag to send the SelectList to the View, but you can use data from model too. My web application is a Blog and I have to build a RadioButton with some types of articles when he is writing a new post.
The code below was simplyfied.
List<SelectListItem> items = new List<SelectListItem>();
Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
dictionary.Add("Texto", "1");
dictionary.Add("Foto", "2");
dictionary.Add("Vídeo", "3");
foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> pair in objBLL.GetTiposPost())
{
items.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = pair.Key, Value = pair.Value, Selected = false });
}
ViewBag.TiposPost = new SelectList(items, "Value", "Text");
In the View, I used a foreach to build a radiobutton.
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-10">
#foreach (var item in (SelectList)ViewBag.TiposPost)
{
#Html.RadioButtonFor(model => model.IDTipoPost, item.Value, false)
<label class="control-label">#item.Text</label>
}
</div>
</div>
Notice that I used RadioButtonFor in order to catch the option value selected by user, in the Controler, after submit the form. I also had to put the item.Text outside the RadioButtonFor in order to show the text options.
Hope it's useful!
I was able to use the name attribute that you described in your example for the loop I am working on and it worked, perhaps because I created unique ids? I'm still considering whether I should switch to an editor template instead as mentioned in the links in another answer.
#Html.RadioButtonFor(modelItem => item.Answers.AnswerYesNo, "true", new {Name = item.Description.QuestionId, id = string.Format("CBY{0}", item.Description.QuestionId), onclick = "setDescriptionVisibility(this)" }) Yes
#Html.RadioButtonFor(modelItem => item.Answers.AnswerYesNo, "false", new { Name = item.Description.QuestionId, id = string.Format("CBN{0}", item.Description.QuestionId), onclick = "setDescriptionVisibility(this)" } ) No
You can use Dictonary to map
Assume Milk,Butter,Chesse are group A (ListA)
Water,Beer,Wine are group B
Dictonary<string,List<string>>) dataMap;
dataMap.add("A",ListA);
dataMap.add("B",ListB);
At View , you can foreach Keys in dataMap and process your action
I'm currently building a website where I have to update two separate targets from a single Ajax.BeginForm. I got it working by using an additional container to container the two separate targets. As in:
Original Form
#model Mod1
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("LoadData", new AjaxOptions{UpdateTargetID = "Div1"}))
{
<select id="sel1" name="sel1" onchange="$(this.form).submit">
// ...
</select>
}
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("ProcessData", new AjaxOptions{UpdateTargetID = "Div2"}))
{
<div id="Div1"></div>
// ...
<input type="submit" value="GO!" />
}
Code File
public ActionResult LoadData(int sel1)
{
// loading data from database
return PartialView(mod1);
}
Partial View
#model Mod2
<select id="sel2" name="sel2">
#foreach (var item in Model.SelectItems)
{
<option value="#item.Value">#item.Text</option>
}
</select>
#foreach (var item in Model.CheckBoxItems)
{
<label>#item.Text<input type="checkbox" id="chk1" name="chk1" value="#item.Value"></label>
}
For the processing method, I have tried:
public ProcessData(Mod1 mod1, string[] chk1, int sel2)
However I am unable to retrieve the values for either chk1 or sel2 upon form submission. examination of chk1 and sel2 in Debug mode, chk1 is null while sel2 is 0 (no such value in the select options). Can anyone please offer some insight into the reason for this and also how I can go about solving it. Thank you in advance.
If I understand you correctly you can do what you want y having two submit buttons on the same form, each calling a separate action method. That way each submit button will have access to all the fields in the form. For a detailed explanation of how you can do that see my answer here:
How to use ajax link instead of submit button for form?
Edit
In response to comment: the action method LoadData should return a partial view that contains the other two controls and have the whole begin form included in it:
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("LoadData", new AjaxOptions{
UpdateTargetID = "Div1",
InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace
}))
{
<select id="sel1" name="sel1" onchange="$(this.form).submit">
// ...
</select>
}
<div id="Div1">
</div>
<div id="Div2">
</div>
Move this to another partial view:
#using (Ajax.BeginForm("ProcessData", new AjaxOptions{UpdateTargetID = "Div2"}))
{
// ...
<input type="submit" value="GO!" />
}
I created a ContactUs module that sends email when user click on Submit button.
Everything works perfectly. However, I am curious if it is possible to return a strongly typed Model rather than dynamic class.
For example, following is my Drivers\ContactUsDriver.cs Display function:
protected override DriverResult Display(ContactUsPart part, string displayType, dynamic shapeHelper)
{
return ContentShape("Parts_ContactUs",
() => shapeHelper.Parts_ContactUs(
Name: part.Name));
}
As you can see, above is returning a dynamic Parts_ContactUs.
Now, here's snapshot of my Views\Parts\ContactUs.cshtml:
#model dynamic
#using (Html.BeginForm("Send", "ContactUs", new { area = "ContactUs" }, FormMethod.Post))
{
<fieldset>
<legend>Contact Us</legend>
<div id="contact-us" class="area">
#Html.TextBox("Name", "")
</div>
<div id="submitArea" class="button">
<input type="submit" value="Submit Message">
</div>
</fieldset>
}
As you can see above the View is bound to #model dynamic. As a result, I have to do following
#Html.TextBox("Name", "")
Is there a way I can bind to Model say ContactUsModel and thus do following instead?
#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
Particularly, I am interested so I can write a jquery validation with DataAnnotation attribute.
It's perfectly possible. Just provide a desired model type as your first argument when creating a shape:
protected override DriverResult Display(
ContactUsPart part,
string displayType,
dynamic shapeHelper)
{
return ContentShape("Parts_ContactUs",
() => shapeHelper.Parts_ContactUs(typeof(MyClass), Name: part.Name));
}