ListView Models vs the model used by the View hosting the ListView

[David]

I have an MVC4 view that hosts a ListView. The ViewModel contains the properties required by the ListView as well as properties used by the main view. Problem is the ListView uses an IEnumerable of the ViewModel and my main view doesn't. Seems I can't have both in 1 view (or can I?).

For example
The MVC view that loads in the listview as a partial view binds to the following model:

@model app.WebSiteModels.EditPhotoViewModel

where EditPhotoViewModel is defined as :

public class EditPhotoViewModel
    {
        public WebsitePhoto WebsitePhoto { get; set; }  //WebsitePhoto is used in my main view
        public IEnumerable<Photo> PhotoList { get; set; }  //the Photo properties are used in my listview
    }

The listview binds to an IEnumerable version of EditPhotoViewModel:
@model IEnumerable<app.WebSiteModels.EditPhotoViewModel>

Problem:

@model app.WebSiteModels.EditPhotoViewModel doesn't work with the viewlist 
and
@model IEnumerable<app.WebSiteModels.EditPhotoViewModel> doesn't work with my main view

I must be missing something pretty basic here - please assist asap as I have been trying to figure this out for a few days now and this is urgent.

many thanks
Dave

[Petur Subev]

Hello David,

I am not sure I understand your case. Basically you can specify the type of the ListView through the generic overload of the ListView.
e.g.

@model EditPhotoViewModel

@(Html.Kendo().ListView<Photo>(Model.PhotoList))

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team