Update Visual Studio 2017 MVC View Scaffolding to Bootstrap 4

Question

I\'ve just updated my Visual Studio 2017 ASP.NET MVC 5 application from Bootstrap v3 to v4. I\'m finding when I add a new edit partial view using scaffolding, it is still us

Answer 1

An update is not yet available, however to support the edit view scaffolding with Bootstrap 4 in Visual Studio 2017, You have to edit the file Edit.cs.t4 in "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Web\Mvc\Scaffolding\Templates\MvcView"

• Rename the file to "Edit.cs.backup.t4"
• Create a new file "Edit.cs.t4" and add the following code, this will support new Bootstrap 4 classes and form controls (Bootstrap custom forms and controls):

<#@ template language="C#" HostSpecific="True" #>
<#@ output extension=".cshtml" #>
<#@ include file="Imports.include.t4" #>
@model <#= ViewDataTypeName #>
<#
// "form-control" attribute is only supported for all EditorFor() in System.Web.Mvc 5.1.0.0 or later versions, except for checkbox, which uses a div in Bootstrap
string boolType = "System.Boolean";
Version requiredMvcVersion = new Version("5.1.0.0");
bool isControlHtmlAttributesSupported = MvcVersion >= requiredMvcVersion;
// The following chained if-statement outputs the file header code and markup for a partial view, a view using a layout page, or a regular view.
if(IsPartialView) {
#>

<#
} else if(IsLayoutPageSelected) {
#>

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "<#= ViewName#>";
<#
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(LayoutPageFile)) {
#>
    Layout = "<#= LayoutPageFile#>";
<#
}
#>
}

<#= ViewName#>

<#
} else {
#>

@{
    Layout = null;
}




    
    
    


<#
    PushIndent("    ");
}
#>
<#
if (ReferenceScriptLibraries) {
#>
<#
    if (!IsLayoutPageSelected && IsBundleConfigPresent) {
#>
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")
@Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")

<#
    }
#>
<#
    else if (!IsLayoutPageSelected) {
#>




<#
    }
#>

<#
}
#>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    
    
        
<#= ViewDataTypeShortName #>
        

<# 
    if (isControlHtmlAttributesSupported) {
#>
        @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
<#        
    } else {
#>
        @Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<#      
    }
#>
<#
foreach (PropertyMetadata property in ModelMetadata.Properties) {
    if (property.Scaffold && !property.IsAssociation) {
        if (property.IsPrimaryKey) {
#>
        @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>)

<#
        } else if (!property.IsReadOnly) {
			bool isCheckbox = property.TypeName.Equals(boolType);
#>
        

<#
            if (property.IsForeignKey) {
#>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, "<#= GetAssociationName(property) #>", htmlAttributes: new { @class = "col-form-label col-lg-2" })
<#
            } else if (!isCheckbox) {			
#>
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "col-form-label col-lg-2" })
<#
            }
#>
            

<#
            
            if (property.IsForeignKey) {
#>
<# 
            if (isControlHtmlAttributesSupported) {
#>
                @Html.DropDownList("<#= property.PropertyName #>", null, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })
<#
            } else {
#>
                @Html.DropDownList("<#= property.PropertyName #>", String.Empty)
<#
            }
#>
<#
            } else  if (isControlHtmlAttributesSupported) {
                if (isCheckbox) {
#>
                

<#
                    PushIndent("    ");
#>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "custom-control-input" } })
				@Html.LabelFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "custom-control-label" })
<#
                } else if (property.IsEnum && !property.IsEnumFlags) {
#>
                @Html.EnumDropDownListFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })
<#
                } else {
#>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })
<#
                }
            } else {
#>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>)
<#
            }
#>
<# 
            if (isControlHtmlAttributesSupported) {
#>
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
<#        
            } else {
#>
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.<#= property.PropertyName #>)
<#      
            }
#>
<#
            if (isCheckbox && isControlHtmlAttributesSupported) {
                PopIndent();
#>
                
<#
            }
#>
            
        

<#
        }
    }
}
#>
        

			

				
			
		
    
}


    @Html.ActionLink("Back to List", "Index")

<#
if(IsLayoutPageSelected && ReferenceScriptLibraries && IsBundleConfigPresent) {
#>

@section Scripts {
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jqueryval")
}
<#
}
#>
<#
else if(IsLayoutPageSelected && ReferenceScriptLibraries) {
#>




<#
}
#>
<#
// The following code closes the tag used in the case of a view using a layout page and the body and html tags in the case of a regular view page
#>
<#
if(!IsPartialView && !IsLayoutPageSelected) {
    ClearIndent();
#>


<#
}
#>
<#@ include file="ModelMetadataFunctions.cs.include.t4" #>