asp.net-mvc-uihint

I would like to know how can I generate a DropDownList using an UIHint attribute. I already customized some of the predefined attributes but I don't know how to proceed for generating DropDownLists. Here is how I did with my last one and I want to use it in a similar way: public class CartProduct { [Required] [UIHint("Spinner")] public int? Quantity { get; set; } [Required] [UIHint("MultilineText")] public string Description { get; set; } } Here's an (untested) general example using generics. There's probably a simpler way of achieving the same thing. Model: public class CartProduct { [UIHint(

This question already has an answer here: UIHint Attribute in MVC 2 answers Can anyone please explain me what is the use of UIHint attribute in MVC . Why do we need this. and when and how to use . Thanks UIHintAttribute Specifies the template or user control that Dynamic Data uses to display a data field. This is the MSDN description of UIHintAttribute. It firstly introduced for Dynamic Data applications and ASP.NET MVC also adapted it. If you annotate a property with UIHint attribute and use EditorFor or DisplayFor inside your views, ASP.NET MVC framework will look for the specified template

What is Use of UIHint Attribute in MVC . Can anyone please provide me a simple example of how to use it and what it does. When using a Display or Editor template, UIHint will tell it which template to use: [UIHint("SomeTemplate")] public class MyViewModel { public string SomeProperty { get; set; } } If you create a Display template called SomeTemplate.ascx (since you are MVC2) in the Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates or Views/{Controller}/DisplayTemplates then it will use that template when you do: @Html.DisplayForModel() // if Model is MyViewModel or @Html.DisplayFor(m => m.ModelProperty) // if