MVC binding to model with list property ignores other properties

Question

I have a basic ViewModel with a property that is a List of complex types. When binding, I seem to be stuck with getting either the list of values, OR the other model propert

Answer 1

Alternatively you could have created an EditorTemplate for your nested ViewModel as follows.

@model MyDataItem
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Id)
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.ParentId)
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Name)
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Value)

Create a folder named 'EditorTemplates' in your 'Shared' folder and save the above as 'MyDataItem.cshtml'.

Then in your View, just call the following instead of the foreach loop:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Data)

Feels a bit less hackier IMO :)