ASP.NET MVC 3: Generate unobtrusive validation when BeginForm is on the layout

Question

I just realized that when I place a form tag on my layout page, surrounding the RenderBody section, the unobtrusive validation is not being generated. Something like this:

Answer 1

You could apply a grotesque hack inside your view:

@{
    var originalContext = ViewContext.FormContext;
    ViewContext.FormContext = new FormContext();
}


@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Prop1)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.Prop1)

@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Prop2)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(x => x.Prop2)

@{
    ViewContext.FormContext = originalContext;
}