How to make a default editor template for enums?

Question

How can I make a default editor template for enums? By which I mean: can I do something like this:

<%@ Control Language=\"C#\" Inherits=\"System.Web.Mvc.V         


        

Answer 1

Late to answer but I hope this helps others. Ideally you want all enums to use your Enum template by convention, not by specifying a UIHint each time, and you can accomplish that by creating a custom model metadata provider like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;

public class CustomMetadataProvider : DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider
{
    protected override ModelMetadata CreateMetadata(IEnumerable attributes, Type containerType, Func