How do I access the ModelState from within my View (aspx page)?

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I don't think you should. That sort of thing should happen in the Controller. — Matthew Groves, Jun 26 '09 at 13:38
I need to know if my ModelState is valid. I don't want to do this: <% if (Html.ValidationSummary() != null) %> <% { %>
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<% } %> Instead I want to do this: <% if (!ViewData.ModelState.IsValid) { %>
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<%} %> — Saajid Ismail, Jun 26 '09 at 13:44
There's absolutely nothing wrong with accessing ModelState in the view. It's part of ViewData. — kennythecoder, Sep 12 '16 at 13:31

score 195 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 11 '12 at 18:27

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Use ViewContext.ViewData.ModelState.

edited Apr 11 '12 at 18:27

Abel

answered Jun 26 '09 at 13:37

Mathias F

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Also worthy to note that you can just do `ViewData.ModelState` and if you want to display some conditional markup on errors you can do like this: `@if (!ViewData.ModelState.IsValid)` – The Muffin Man Sep 15 '13 at 02:16

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