html-helper

HTML5 appears to support a new range of input fields for things such as : Numbers Email addresses Colors URLs Numeric range (via a slider) Dates Search boxes Has anyone implemented HtmlHelper extension methods for ASP.NET MVC that generates these yet? It's possible to do this using an overload that accepts htmlAttributes , such as: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Foo, new { type="number", min="0", max="100" }) But that's not as nice (or typesafe) as: Html.NumericInputFor(model => model.Foo, min:0, max:100) Paul Hiles Just a heads up that many of these are now incorporated into MVC4 by using the

I can find a good definition for Html.HiddenFor on MSDN but the only thing I can find on Html.Hidden is related to problems it has. Can someone give me a good definition and an example. Kirk Woll Most of the MVC helper methods have a XXXFor variant. They are intended to be used in conjunction with a concrete model class. The idea is to allow the helper to derive the appropriate "name" attribute for the form-input control based on the property you specify in the lambda. This means that you get to eliminate "magic strings" that you would otherwise have to employ to correlate the model properties

I'm trying my best to build a helper that outputs a <'ul> consisting of all the members of a collection. For each member of the collection I want to print out a <'li> that has a title, and a div of links to CRUD the member. This is pretty similar to what Rails outputs for scaffolding for the index view. Here is the helper I've got: def display_all(collection_sym) collection = collection_sym.to_s.capitalize.singularize.constantize.all name = collection_sym.to_s.downcase html = '' html << "<ul class=\"#{name}-list\">" for member in collection do html << content_tag(:li, :id => member.title.gsub(

I am working on an asp.net mvc-5 web application , and i wrote the following :- @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } }) & @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { @class = "form-control" }) but this will not have any effect on the generated html, but if i changed the EditorFor to be T extboxFor i will get the effect for the form-control class ? can anyone advice on this please ? i read that this is supported only inside asp.net mvc 5.1 ? so what are the available approaches i can follow to get this working other than upgrading my asp.net

I'm rockin my own custom HtmlHelper to enable AutoComplete support on a Select List . This is working alright, except I need to be able to support the DataAnnotations in my ViewModel. Here's my current (working) HtmlHelper (sans validation) <Extension()> Public Function AutoCompleteDropDownList(ByVal helper As HtmlHelper, name As String, autoCompleteSelectListItem As List(Of AutoCompleteSelectListItem), htmlAttributes As Object) As MvcHtmlString Dim selectBuilder As New TagBuilder("select") selectBuilder.MergeAttribute("name", name) selectBuilder.MergeAttributes(New RouteValueDictionary

I am trying to write a BeginForm style html helper that uses IDisposable to wrap other code. I want the helper to only render the wrapped code if a certain condition is met (e.g. user is in a certain role). I thought that I could simply switch the context.Writer in the Begin method and switch it back in the Dispose method. The code below compiles and runs but the wrapped content gets rendered in all cases. If I step through it, the wrapped content is not written to the new StringWriter and therefore not within my control. public static IDisposable BeginSecure(this HtmlHelper html, ...) {

i have following code snippet i want to pass data-id="0" with my @url.action , how can i do this <a class="v-patient pointer" data-id="0" href="@Url.Action("View1", "Task")">View Patient</a></td> my task controller public ActionResult View1(string id) { return View(); } If is was an ActionLink you would do this: @Html.ActionLink("View1", "Task", new {id=0}, null); So in your case, using Url.Action() it would be: href="@Url.Action("View1", "Task", new {id=0})" Which in your sample is: <a class="v-patient pointer" data-id="0" href="@Url.Action("View1", "Task", new {id=0})">View Patient</a></td>

I want to put a button as the text of an @ActionLink() but I can't because it HTML-escapes my string... I found the @Html.Raw() mechanism and have tried the @ActionLink().ToHtmlString() but can't figure out how to put it together... I found an article that describes building an extension for a similar purpose but it's eeky to go to that much trouble... there must be an easy way? You could write a helper: public static class HtmlExtensions { public static IHtmlString MyActionLink( this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, string linkText, string action, string controller, object routeValues, object