MVC3 Editor Template for List Not Populating

Problem: When I load the EditorTemplate for UserModel the UserRoles list does not generate a list of UserRole editors.

My models:

    public class UserSearchModel
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public Guid UserId { get; set; }
    [DisplayName("User Name")]
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    [DisplayName("User Roles")]
    public UserRoles UserRoles { get; set; }
}

    public partial class UserRoles : List<UserRole>
{

}

    public class UserRole
{
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
    public bool IsChecked { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
}

My editor Templates:

@model eGate.BackOffice.WebClient.Model.UserModel
@Html.LabelFor(m=>m.UserName)
@Html.EditorFor(m=>m.UserName)
<h1>roles</h1>
@Html.EditorFor(m=>m.UserRoles)



@model eGate.BackOffice.WebClient.Model.UserRole
@Html.LabelFor(m=>m.RoleName)
@Html.LabelFor(m=>m.IsChecked)
@Html.CheckBoxFor(m=>m.IsChecked)
@Html.LabelFor(m=>m.Description)

Actual Output Looks like:

User Name [ someuser ]

roles

Expected Output:

User Name开发者_运维问答 [ someuser ]

roles

role1 [x] ischecked role for 1

role2 [x] ischecked role for 2

role3 [x] ischecked role for 3

You should just make the type List rather than deriving your own type.

I expect that the problem is the definition of UserRoles as a separate class. Try changing the property UserRoles in the UserSearchModel class to:

public List<UserRole> UserRoles { get; set; }

MVC is searching for a template for the UserRoles class. Since the template is for the UserRole class, MVC fails to find any template.

UPDATE

Also, I overlooked that you are using EditorFor for the UserRoles model. You should use EditorForModel like so:

@Html.EditorForModel(m => m.UserRoles)

This issue looks to be more likely caused by the fact the User EditorTemplate is being served up by the popUp window of a telerik mvc grid.

I have tested outside the grid popup to find that the templates work as expected. I will close this question and re-ask the correct question in another entry.