Why is ValidationSummary(true) displaying an empty summary for property errors?

Question

I am having a slight issue with the use of ValidationSummary(true) to display model level errors. If the ModelState does not contain model errors (i.e. M

Answer 1

Another variation of the fix with Bootstrap classes is:

public static class ValidationSummaryExtensions
{
    public static MvcHtmlString CleanValidationSummary(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, bool excludePropertyErrors, string message = null)
    {
        if(htmlHelper == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("htmlHelper");

        MvcHtmlString validationSummary = null;
        if (htmlHelper.ViewData.ModelState.ContainsKey(string.Empty))
        {
            var htmlAttributes = new { @class = "alert alert-danger" };
            validationSummary = htmlHelper.ValidationSummary(excludePropertyErrors, message, htmlAttributes);
        }

        return validationSummary;
    }
}