Mvc 3 texbox in webgrid (razor)

Question

Simple Q:How do you I get the textbox to show the value. Code below fail on item.LastName

@model List<Mvc2010_11_12.Models.Employee>
@{
    var grid = new WebGrid(source: Model,defaultSort: "FirstName",rowsPerPage: 3);
}

<div id="grid1">
    @grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(
        grid.Column("LastName"),
        grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.TextBox("LastName", item.LastName))
    ))
</div>

Answer 1

Quite convoluted but works:

@helper TextField(Employee employee, HtmlHelper<IEnumerable<Employee>> html)
{
    @html.TextBoxFor(x => employee.LastName)
}

<div id="grid1">
    @grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(
        grid.Column("LastName"),
        grid.Column(format: item => TextField(item.Value, Html))
    ))
</div>

Maybe there's a better approach though. Still learning the Razor syntax and quite frankly I am a bit disappointed by the WebGrid helper after having used MVCContrib Grid.

Answer 2

Try this:

grid.Column(format: (item) => Html.TextBox("LastName", (object) item.LastName))

Answer 3

That one works for me

@model List<Mvc2010_11_12.Models.Employee>
@{
    var grid = new WebGrid(source: Model,defaultSort: "FirstName",rowsPerPage: 3);
}

<div id="grid1">
    @grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(
        grid.Column("LastName"),
        grid.Column(format: @<span>@Html.TextBox("LastName",@item.LastName as object)</span>   )
    ))
</div>

Answer 4

I had to cast object to string as follows:

format: (item) => Html.ActionLink(
    (item.AppCode as object).ToString(),
    "Index",
    "ApplicationHealthCheck",
    new { Code = item.AppCode },
    null),

Answer 5

Try this

grid.Column("AmountValue", header: "Amount", format:@<text><input name="Amount" type="text" value="@item.AmountValue"</text>)

Answer 6

Showing Link or plain text based upon a condition:

grid.Column(format: (dbItem) => dbItem.QtyCompleted == 0 ?
                 Html.ActionLink(
                 "Start Setup",
                 "SaveData", 
                 "Workorder",
                 new
                   {
                       msid = dbItem.MSID,
                       qtyCompleted = 0, 
                       serialNum = "ABC"
                   },
                 new 
                   { 
                       onclick = "return ConfirmAction('Start Setup');" 
                   }) :
                 Html.Label(((DateTime)dbItem.StartTime).ToShortDateString())
            )