Displaying the Value of a ViewBag in the EditorFor() method of a View using ASP.NET MVC

Question

It is possibly a mistake in my syntax, but I have been unable to set a default value for my EditorFor in my view using ViewBag.

I have checked that the value in the ViewBag.FirstName is being passed through correctly, it is fine. However, the field displays with no value.

My statement is:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Person.FirstName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } ,  @Value = ViewBag.FirstName })

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Apologies for the simplicity of my question.

Schmeltzer

Why on earth would you do this (other than to make model binding fail). Set the value of your model property (not a ViewBagproperty) – Lynnalynne

Answer 1

You should really just do model binding the normal way: by assigning the value of the model property. ViewBag is unmaintainable and not strongly-typed.

If you really do need ViewBag for some reason, just move your assignment to @Value inside your htmlAttributes object, like so:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Person.FirstName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control", @Value = ViewBag.FirstName } })

Favouritism

Hi @johnnyRose, I have used this solution, though it is binding the data and showing it in the View but on Form Post I am getting null for that property. Am I missing something? – Ronna

@AjendraPrasad: You should be using model binding both ways. Don’t use ViewBag - instead set the property you’re trying to bind to. If that doesn’t work, you’ll probably need to ask a new question, since the information you provided is limited. – Favouritism

Answer 2

I know this is an old answer and thanks to johnnyRose for the correct one. I simply wanted to add that I was still not able to get the @value passed with it and it was because of the @Value a simple matter of case v=V.. Wanted to share my ignorance in hopes of helping another. :)

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