Official "How to" for MVC Editor/Display Templates?

Question

I have been using MVC Editor & Display Templates for a while, but have come to realize that there seems to be very little official documentation on MVC Editor/Display Templates (Html.EditorFor() and Html.DisplayFor()). I found the basic MSDN documentation just showing the technical details (which on their own, are not very helpful), but I'm looking more for an official how-to, sort of like this example.

Are Editor/Display Templates more of an afterthought, and not really widely enough used to justify more in-depth official documentation?

Or, am I blind, and what I'm looking for exists, I just haven't found it yet?

Bailable

They are actually very well used by the default scaffolded view templates. – Thrum

It's now 2017 and I have yet to find any docs or article(s) on how to edit a phone number within a template. e.g. "(###) ###-####" I'm still trying to figure out whether or not it's even possible! :( – Marriageable

2021; still almost impossible to find good explanations on custom real life complex partials. I however; keep finding 12-15 years old explanations using old mvc framework version 2. – Gametocyte

Or it reverts to CORE examples not using RAZOR – Gametocyte

Answer 1

Official documentation? Don't know any off hand, but I know there are a ton of examples. In particular, I like Phil Haack's discussion on model binding to lists. It includes an example for an editor template in a pretty complicated example. There's source code there, too.

Since he's co-authored every MVC Wrox book, I consider him a pretty definitive source:

http://haacked.com/archive/2008/10/23/model-binding-to-a-list.aspx

Here's another blog post (non-official) in a similar vein:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/stuartleeks/archive/2010/03/30/collections-and-asp-net-mvc-templated-helpers-displayfor-editorfor.aspx

Rearm

Answer 2

best article that I have found for it is:

http://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2012/12/aspnet-mvc-display-and-editor-templates.html

It explains how to create DisplayFor and EditorFor templates really well.

Unstopped

Your definition of "really well" is a lot different than mine. That article has some simple tips but doesn't really explain anything in detail. – Spermiogenesis

back in 2014 that 2012 article was good enough for us to move on 😊 I guess times change 😁 – Unstopped

Answer 3

ASP.NET MVC have a lot of materials on http://www.asp.net/mvc with different examples. EditorTemplates and DisplayTemplates is spetial folders for models (like here Quick Tips About ASP.NET MVC – Editor Templates) and you asking about html helpers, not templates.

Flexure

Except when you click go deeper it reverts to CORE – Gametocyte

also; second link is 404 – Gametocyte