Model inheritance possible when using strongly-typed view in MVC3?

Question

I have the following setup in my model:

namespace QuickTest.Models
{
    public class Person
    {
        [Required]
        [Display(Name = \"Full name\")]         


        

Answer 1

Hmm, this is a tricky one since the HtmlHelper.EditorFor method uses the generic parameter of the HtmlHelper to figure out which validation attributes are required.

I would suggest writing your own EditorFor extension method that delegates calls to the non-generic HtmlHelper.Editor method.