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

I've just run into the same problem, but possibly a better solution based on Darin Dimitrov's answer.

The trick is to create a page base type, based on the WebViewPage class, the default base class for views and do the FormContext swap there.

abstract public class FormFixWebViewPage : FormFixWebViewPage