Is it possible to use DisplayFor() from within the EditorFor template control

Question

I am using EditorFor() helper to render edit template in my view and I would like to call the DisplayFor() inside this template to render out the D

Answer 1

I am afraid that the only way is to use a partial:

<%= Html.Partial("~/Views/Home/DisplayTemplates/Client.ascx", Model) %>

Answer 2

It can be debatable if it is a good idea to template complicated objects, or if my approach to nested templates is a hack or not. The advantage of this is having a single template for the parent and child can both have templates rather than having to choose/use partial views.

All that aside, templated views can be nested, if you use a partial view as an go between.

The outside template will have something like below where you want to place the inner template:

Html.RenderPartial("SharedDisplayGoBetweenForFoo", item);  

The shared partial would look like this:

@model Foo

@Html.DisplayFor(a => a);

The inner template would then be called and would look like any other.