Create a form from a recursive model

Question

I have a recursive model like this:

public class Node
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Text { get; set; }
    public IList Chi         


        

Answer 1

You could use editor templates which respect the current navigational context instead of such @helper.

So define a custom editor template for the Node type ( ~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Node.cshtml):

@model Node
<li>
    @Html.LabelFor(x => x.Text)
    @Html.EditorFor(x => x.Text)
    @if (Model.Childs.Any())
    {
        <ul>
            @Html.EditorFor(x => x.Childs)
        </ul>
    }
</li>

and then inside some main view:

@model MyViewModel
<ul>
    @Html.EditorFor(x => x.Menu)
</ul>

where the Menu property is obviously of type Node.