mvc clientside validation for nested (collection) properties

Question

I\'m using asp.net mvc 3 with jquery unobtrusive validation. I recently changed from standard DataAnnotations to FluentValidation and it works great.

My primary reas

Answer 1

In your partial, before each instance of ElementsVM, you must set a unique prefix using ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix, like so:

var i = 0; 
foreach (var element in Model) 
{ 
    ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = "Elements[" + i.ToString() + "]"; 
    @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Value) 
    i++; 
}

This should give you your unobtrusive validation attributes, and should also work with the default model binder.

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