asp.net-mvcmvc-editor-templateseditortemplates

EditorForModel - Duplicate labels when using editorfor


I am using a number of editor templates for different datatypes (string, DateTime, etc.) in my ASP.NET MVC application. For instance, the following is what I am using for strings:

<div class="editor-label">
     @Html.Label("")
</div>
<div class="editor-field">
    @Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, new { @class = "text", placeholder = ViewData.ModelMetadata.Watermark })
    @Html.ValidationMessage("")
</div>

I would like to use EditorForModel within my views but when I do so it appears to add it's own label for each property resulting in duplicate labels (because I have a label in my string editor template). Is there any way, other than removing the label from my string editortemplate (in this example) that I can tell editorformodel not to insert a label?


Solution

  • One possibility is to override the default object editor template (~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/Object.cshtml) and remove the label it adds:

    @if (ViewData.TemplateInfo.TemplateDepth > 1) 
    {
        @ViewData.ModelMetadata.SimpleDisplayText
    }
    else 
    {
        foreach (var prop in ViewData.ModelMetadata.Properties.Where(pm => pm.ShowForEdit && !ViewData.TemplateInfo.Visited(pm))) 
        {
            if (prop.HideSurroundingHtml) 
            {
                @Html.Editor(prop.PropertyName)
            }
            else 
            {
                <div class="editor-field">
                    @Html.Editor(prop.PropertyName)
                    @Html.ValidationMessage(prop.PropertyName)
                </div>
            }
        }    
    }