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Render dropdown as text for particular action in ASP.NET MVC

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Here's what I tried (and it works) - though I'm not a fan of if/else's in my views :)

<% if (ViewContext.Controller.ValueProvider.GetValue("action").RawValue.Equals("Edit"))
       { %>
    <span><%= Event.Retailer.Name%></span>
    <%= Html.Hidden("Retailer", Event.Retailer.Id) %>
    <%}
       else
       { %>
    <%=Html.DropDownList("Retailer", Model.Retailers, "Select", new { @class = "field select large required" })%>
    <%= Html.ValidationMessage("Retailer", "*")%>
    <%} %>

Dan 2010-05-19 20:52:34

Ah, I see what you are doing now. If you are using the same view for both creating and editing records, an `if` statement is unavoidable, as you need a way to *change the state of the view.* I generally just use two different views for `create` and `edit`.

Robert Harvey 2010-05-19 21:50:16

Yea - I read somewhere that if you need an "if" statement - use a helper. I could do Html.Retailer(..) I suppose. I'd use a different view for `create` and `edit`, but the forms are so similar, I was able to group them

Dan 2010-05-20 13:06:53

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