Enable client validation in Razor views (ASP MVC 3)

Question

I try to add client side validation using this line of code:

@Html.EnableClientValidation()

But I keep getting this error message:

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for 'Microsoft.WebPages.WebPageUltimateBase.Write(Microsoft.WebPages.Helpers.HelperResult)' has some invalid arguments

Is this working for anyone else, or is it another approach for this in ASP MVC 3?

Answer 1

You can, instead, use the following in place of the expected line of code.

@(ViewContext.ClientValidationEnabled = true)

Probably an oversight in the extension methods for htmlhelper.

Update now with answer goodness

Actually, you can use the HtmlHelper method by doing the following

@{ Html.EnableClientValidation(); }