How can I use the same partial view for input and output?

Question

I have a partial view that I'm using for user input. I want to show the same partial view on a results page, but I want all of the input items to be readonly or disabled.

I know that I can use if-else syntax, but I really only want to set the readonly or disabled flag on the item, so duplicating the whole entity seems heavy handed and repetitive.

What I want is to be able to toggle between:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.inputValue, new {disabled="disabled", @id="one"})

and

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.inputValue, new {@id="one"})

or readonly, if that's easier to manipulate.

Based on other answers, I gather that this is discouraged due to the separation of concerns, but I hate the idea of having to maintain two files when one will do.

So, the question is: what is the proper syntax to use to accomplish this.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '16 at 19:52

2

Keep a Boolean ViewBag in the view, and set it when you render the view from the controller.

Check the value of this ViewBag when rendering these textboxes.

answered May 27 '16 at 19:52

Bhushan Shah

1,028
8
20

I know how to tell when to use which kind of entry, but I want to know what syntax I can use to do the job. I edited the question to make that clearer. – wandercoder May 27 '16 at 20:03
@wandercoder Have a look at this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9086104/mvc3-conditionally-disable-html-textboxfor – Bhushan Shah May 27 '16 at 20:05
Beautiful. The example cleared it up for me. Thanks. – wandercoder May 27 '16 at 20:18

How can I use the same partial view for input and output?

1 Answers1