altTemplate with MVC helpers

[Phil]

I can't figure out how to specify an altTemplate with the MVC Helper.  Is this possible?  I tried adding the altTemplate later in jQuery code and it seems that I have to re-specify all values from the MVC Helper as well.

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Phil,

The altTemplate cannot be currently specified with the MVC wrappers. As a workaround I would suggest you the following approach - Define a global boolean variable, check it in your template script and select the appropriate template to render according to it's value.
E.g.

<script>
    var templateCheck = true;
</script>
<script type="text/x-kendo-tmpl" id="template">
    #if(templateCheck){#
       //regular Template
    # } else { #
       //alternative Template
    # } #
    #templateCheck = !templateCheck;#
</script>

 

Kind regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
the Telerik team

[Rene]

How would you handle 3 different "templates" - the one to be used depending on the value in a model object ? (in data)

something like:

if( oModel.CarType == 'TYPE_1' )
  use this template code/strings
else if ( oModel.CarType == 'TYPE_2' )
  use this template / code/strings
else if ( oModel.CarType == 'TYPE_3')
  use this template code/strings

Basically - depending on the item being displayed's CarType - the proper template is used to display that item on the listview item?

[Dimiter Madjarov]

Hi Phil,


To achieve this you could use a similar approach. You could reference the model property directly. 
E.g.

<script type="text/x-kendo-tmpl" id="template">
    #if(CarType == 'TYPE_1'){#
        //first template
    # } else if (CarType == 'TYPE_2') { #
        //second template
    # } else { #
        //third template
    # } #
</script>

Additional information about Kendo templates could be found in the Demos and in the Documentation.

 

Kind regards,
Dimiter Madjarov
the Telerik team