[Solved] Editor doesn't work with prefixes!

[Sam Critchley]

In my date template i write this:

<%= Html.Telerik().DatePicker().Name(ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName("")) %>

And that binds just fine.

However with the editor I am doing something similar.

Html.Telerik().Editor().Name(ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName("")).Tools((p)=>{
        p.Clear();
        p.FormatBlock().Bold().Italic().Underline().Strikethrough().JustifyLeft().JustifyCenter().JustifyRight().JustifyFull().InsertOrderedList().InsertUnorderedList().Indent().Outdent().CreateLink().Unlink().InsertImage();
    }).Value(Convert.ToString(Model)).Render();

And it fails. Here's what comes back to the server:

"AddModel.Subject=test&AddModel.PublishingStatusId=1&AddModel.Date=26%2f08%2f2010&AddModel_Content=ma+content!"

AddModel_Content should be AddModel.Content. Date works as expected. This isn't a beta anymore is it? 

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Sam Critchley,

 I was able to reproduce this problem. Fortunately it is easy to fix it:

1. Open EditorHtmlBuilder.cs from the source code
2. Locate the CreateTextArea method
3. Change this
   
               var content = new HtmlTag("textarea")
                               .Attributes(new
                               {
                                   title = editor.Id,
                                   @class = "t-content t-raw-content",
                                   cols = "20",
                                   rows = "5",
                                   name = editor.Id,
                                   id = editor.Id + "-value"
                               });
   
   to this
   
               var content = new HtmlTag("textarea")
                               .Attributes(new
                               {
                                   title = editor.Id,
                                   @class = "t-content t-raw-content",
                                   cols = "20",
                                   rows = "5",
                                   name = editor.Name,
                                   id = editor.Id + "-value"
                               });
4. Rebuild (make sure the build configuration is set to "Release MVC2 NET35")
5. Use the Telerik.Web.Mvc.dll assembly in your project.
   
   

I have updated your Telerik points.

Regards,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Mike]

I have noticed that when you use the EditorFor extension like so:

<%= Html.Telerik().EditorFor(m=>m.Details) %>

inside a partial view that is an editor template for an entire type, the name attribute for the Editor is generated like 
"Entity_Details" as apposed to "Entity.Details". My problem with this is, its not consistent behavior with the rest of the built in ASP.NET MVC MS extensions, which causes UpdateModel to not be to persist the value of the field to the model within the controller. 

I would have used 

<%= Html.Telerik().Editor().Name("Entity.Details") %>

as a work around, but the period is replaced with a _ in the name attribute. So at this point, there is no viable option to getting UpdateModel to work for this scenario. 

I would really like to see this fixed in the next release. 

Thanks. 

[Sam Critchley]

Thanks Atanas. Worked like a charm.