Questions tagged [razor]
Razor is a template language used by ASP.NET Web Pages, ASP.NET MVC (since version 3), and ASP.NET Core. It adds a layer of abstraction above HTML generation. It supports seamless transitions between HTML markup and C# or VB code. Transitions between markup and code are indicated by the "@" sign.
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Escape @ character in razor view engine
I am creating a sample ASP.NET MVC 3 site using Razor as view engine. The razor syntax starts with @ character e.g. @RenderBody(). If I write @test on my cshtml page it gives me parse error
CS0103: ...
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How to use ternary operator in razor (specifically on HTML attributes)?
With the WebForms view engine, I'll commonly use the ternary operator for very simple conditionals, especially within HTML attributes. For example:
<a class="<%=User.Identity.IsAuthenticated ? "...
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Using Razor within JavaScript
Is it possible or is there a workaround to use Razor syntax within JavaScript that is in a view (cshtml)?
I am trying to add markers to a Google map... For example, I tried this, but I'm getting a ...
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Writing/outputting HTML strings unescaped
I've got safe/sanitized HTML saved in a DB table.
How can I have this HTML content written out in a Razor view?
It always escapes characters like < and ampersands to &.
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How to declare a local variable in Razor?
I am developing a web application in asp.net mvc 3.
I am very new to it. In a view using razor, I'd like to declare some local variables and use it across the entire page. How can this be done?
It ...
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How to get current page URL in MVC 3
I am using the Facebook comments plugin on a blog I am building. It has some FBXML tags that are interpreted by the facebook javascript that is referenced on the page.
This all works fine, but I have ...
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Styles.Render in MVC4
In a .NET MVC4 project how does @Styles.Render works?
I mean, in @Styles.Render("~/Content/css") which file is it calling?
I dont have a file or a folder called "css" inside my Content folder.
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Injecting content into specific sections from a partial view ASP.NET MVC 3 with Razor View Engine
I have this section defined in my _Layout.cshtml
@RenderSection("Scripts", false)
I can easily use it from a view:
@section Scripts {
@*Stuff comes here*@
}
What I'm struggling with is how ...
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HTML.ActionLink vs Url.Action in ASP.NET Razor
Is there any difference between HTML.ActionLink vs Url.Action or they are just two ways of doing the same thing?
When should I prefer one over the other?
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ASP.NET MVC View Engine Comparison
I've been searching on SO & Google for a breakdown of the various View Engines available for ASP.NET MVC, but haven't found much more than simple high-level descriptions of what a view engine is.
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How do I specify different Layouts in the ASP.NET MVC 3 razor ViewStart file?
I would like to have 2 separate Layouts in my application. Let's say one is for the Public section of the website and the other is for the Member side.
For simplicity, let's say all the logic for each ...
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ASP.NET MVC 3 - Partial vs Display Template vs Editor Template
So, the title should speak for itself.
To create re-usable components in ASP.NET MVC, we have 3 options (could be others i haven't mentioned):
Partial View:
@Html.Partial(Model.Foo, "SomePartial")
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How to get the Display Name Attribute of an Enum member via MVC Razor code?
I've got a property in my model called Promotion that its type is a flag enum called UserPromotion. Members of my enum have display attributes set as follows:
[Flags]
public enum UserPromotion
{
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Replace line break characters with <br /> in ASP.NET MVC Razor view
I have a textarea control that accepts input. I am trying to later render that text to a view by simply using:
@Model.CommentText
This is properly encoding any values. However, I want to replace ...
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Preprocessor directives in Razor
I am writing my first Razor page today, and can't figure out how to enter
#if debug
...
#else
...
#endif
How can I do that in Razor?
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ASP.NET MVC Razor render without encoding
Razor encodes string by default. Is there any special syntax for rendering without encoding?
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Serving favicon.ico in ASP.NET MVC
What is the final/best recommendation for how to serve favicon.ico in ASP.NET MVC?
I am currently doing the following:
Adding an entry to the very beginning of my RegisterRoutes method:
routes....
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@media media query and ASP.NET MVC razor syntax clash
I've got a large site that runs in ASP.NET MVC using the Razor view engine.
I have a base stylesheet which contains all of the generic styling for the whole site. On occasion, however, I have page ...
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What is the @Html.DisplayFor syntax for?
I understand that in Razor, @Html does a bunch of neat things, like generate HTML for links, inputs, etc.
But I don't get the DisplayFor function...
Why would I write:
@Html.DisplayFor(model => ...
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How to create a function in a cshtml template?
I need to create a function that is only necessary inside one cshtml file. You can think of my situation as ASP.NET page methods, which are min web services implemented in a page, because they're ...
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Razor View throwing "The name 'model' does not exist in the current context"
After significant refactoring in my MVC 4 application, and Razor shows this error while debugging Views:
The name 'model' does not exist in the current context.
This is the offending line of code:
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ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor: Include JavaScript file in the head tag
I'm trying to figure out the proper Razor syntax to get a JavaScript file for a particular *.cshtml to be in the head tag along with all the other include files that are defined in _Layout.cshtml.
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How to reference a .css file on a razor view?
I know how to set .css files on the _Layout.cshtml file, but what about applying a stylesheet on a per-view basis?
My thinking here is that, in _Layout.cshtml, you have <head> tags to work with,...
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Where and how is the _ViewStart.cshtml layout file linked?
Here's the About.cshtml from the default MVC 3 template:
@{
ViewBag.Title = "About Us";
}
<h2>About</h2>
<p>
Put content here.
</p>
I would expect that a reference ...
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How to add a second css class with a conditional value in razor MVC 4
While Microsoft has created some automagic rendering of html attributes in razor MVC4, it took me quite some time to find out how to render a second css class on an element, based on a conditional ...
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Mix Razor and Javascript code
I'm pretty confused with how to mix razor and js. This is the current function I am stuck with:
<script type="text/javascript">
var data = [];
@foreach (var r in Model.rows)
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How to write a comment in a Razor view?
How to write a comment in a MVC view, that won't be transmitted to the final HTML (i.e.,to browser, to response). One can make a comment with:
<!--<a href="/">My comment</a> -->
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ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor - Adding class to EditorFor
I'm trying to add a class to an input.
This is not working:
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.Created, new { @class = "date" })
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MVC 4 @Scripts "does not exist"
I have just created an ASP.NET MVC 4 project and used Visual Studio 2012 RC to create a Controller and Razor Views for Index and Create Actions.
When I came to run the application, and browsed to the ...
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Razor View Engine : An expression tree may not contain a dynamic operation
I have a model similar to this:
public class SampleModel
{
public Product Product { get; set; }
}
And in my controller I get an exception trying to print out
@Html.TextBoxFor(p => p....
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How can I add a class attribute to an HTML element generated by MVC's HTML Helpers?
ASP.NET MVC can generate HTML elements using HTML Helpers, for example @Html.ActionLink(), @Html.BeginForm() and so on.
I know I can specify form attributes by creating an anonymous object and pass ...
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Differences between Html.TextboxFor and Html.EditorFor in MVC and Razor
Why by default were these changed when adding a new "edit" view? What are advantages when using EditorFor() vs. TextboxFor()?
I found this
By default, the Create and Edit scaffolds now use ...
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Add CSS or JavaScript files to layout head from views or partial views
Layout pages head:
<head>
<link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/themes/base/Site.css")"
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
A View (AnotherView) from the ...
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How can I pass parameters to a partial view in mvc 4
I have a link like this:
<a href='Member/MemberHome/Profile/Id'><span>Profile</span></a>
and when I click on this it will call this partial page:
@{
switch ((string)...
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Using Razor, how do I render a Boolean to a JavaScript variable?
How do I render a Boolean to a JavaScript variable in a cshtml file?
Presently this shows a syntax error:
<script type="text/javascript" >
var myViewModel = {
isFollowing: @Model....
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How to use ? : if statements with Razor and inline code blocks
I'm updating my old .aspx views with the new Razore view engine. I have a bunch of places where I have code like this:
<span class="vote-up<%= puzzle.UserVote == VoteType.Up ? "-selected" : "" %...
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Razor HtmlHelper Extensions (or other namespaces for views) Not Found
I don't know if this was happening in the PR or Beta, but if I create an extension method on HtmlHelper, it is not recognized in a Razor powered page:
namespace SomeNamespace.Extensions {
public ...
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How do I write unencoded Json to my View using Razor?
I'm trying to write an object as JSON to my Asp.Net MVC View using Razor, like so:
<script type="text/javascript">
var potentialAttendees = @Json.Encode(Model.PotentialAttendees);
</script&...
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Dynamic Anonymous type in Razor causes RuntimeBinderException
I'm getting the following error:
'object' does not contain a definition for 'RatingName'
When you look at the anonymous dynamic type, it clearly does have RatingName.
I realize I can do this with ...
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Correct way to use _viewstart.cshtml and partial Razor views?
I'm using _viewstart.cshtml to automagically assign the same Razor Layout to my views.
It's a dead simple file in the root of my Views folder that looks like this:
@{
Layout = "~/Views/Shared/...
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Disable Visual Studio code formatting in Razor
This has been asked before: Why doesn't Visual Studio code formatting work properly for Razor markup?
But that question is a couple years old. And Razor formatting is still completely ...
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MVC 3: How to render a view without its layout page when loaded via ajax?
I am learning about Progressive Enhancement and I have a question about AJAXifying views. In my MVC 3 project I have a layout page, a viewstart page, and two plain views.
The viewstart page is in the ...
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Why does Razor _layout.cshtml have a leading underscore in file name?
In the default ASP.NET MVC 3 project, layout & partial cshtml files start with an underscore
_viewstart
_Layout
_LogOnPartial
Why this convention, and what is this used for? Do I need to follow ...
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DropDownList in MVC 4 with Razor
I'm trying to create a DropDownList on a razor view.
Would someone help me with this?
Normal HTML5 code:
<select id="dropdowntipo">
<option value="Exemplo1">Exemplo1</option>
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How to add extra namespaces to Razor pages instead of @using declaration?
Is there some sort of magic I need to use to get the namespaces in the pages/namespaces element in the webconfig?
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc"/>
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MVC which submit button has been pressed
I have two buttons on my MVC form:
<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" value="Save" />
<input name="process" type="submit" id="process" value="Process" />
From my Controller ...
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Visual Studio 2015 Broken Razor Intellisense
After installing and then repairing my VS2015 instance I still cannot get intellisense (server side) to work in my MVC views.
I get alerted by message prompt as soon as I open for the first time in a ...
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MVC3 Razor: Displaying html within code blocks
In my cshtml files I have a lot of blocks with stuff like this:
@if(Model.foo)
{
<span>Hello World</span>
}
The only reason the span is there is because I can't find any other way to ...
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