MVC4 jQuery UI does not work

Question

I cannot get jQuery UI working in my ASP.NET MVC4 application. I tried dialog and datepicker. Here is part of the code of my view.

Answer 1

You will need to add a couple lines to your _Layout.cshtml to get jQuery UI working out of the box. First is the javascript bundle:

@*you should already have this line*@
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")

@*add this line*@
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryui")

Next you need the CSS for jQuery UI as well:

@*you should already have this line*@
@Styles.Render("~/Content/css")

@*add this line*@
@Styles.Render("~/Content/themes/base/css")