VS2010 IntelliSense inside text/x-jquery-tmpl script templates

Question

I\'ve been using jQuery templates which I absolutely love to use. The only drawback from an IDE standpoint is the lack of HTML IntelliSense inside the script tag. Is there

Answer 1

I created a helper method for ASP.NET MVC 3 that works like this, inspired by Html.BeginForm:

within the view:

@using (Html.BeginHtmlTemplate("templateId"))
{
    
enter template here
}

Anything within the @using scope will be syntax highlighted.

The code for the helper:

public static class HtmlHelperExtensions
{
    public static ScriptTag BeginHtmlTemplate(this HtmlHelper helper,string id)
    {
        return new ScriptTag(helper,"text/html", id);
    }
}

public class ScriptTag : IDisposable
{
    private readonly TextWriter writer;

    private readonly TagBuilder builder;

    public ScriptTag(HtmlHelper helper, string type, string id)
    {
        this.writer = helper.ViewContext.Writer;
        this.builder = new TagBuilder("script");
        this.builder.MergeAttribute("type", type);
        this.builder.MergeAttribute("id", id);
        writer.WriteLine(this.builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.StartTag));
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        writer.WriteLine(this.builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.EndTag));
    }
}