Problems when ModelState is not valid

[Huw Lloyd]

Hi

I have a simple MVC page for adding an article with a text box for the title and a Kendo editor for the content both bound to a model.

If I have validation rules on the title text box such as required field then when I post the form to the server it correctly shows an error message, however the text I wrote in the kendo ui editor is changed to show the html markup.

How do I ensure that what is displayed in the Kendo UI editor is as I wrote it (i.e. without the html markup) when the MVC Controller returns the model to the page if Model.IsValid == false

Many thanks in advance

[Daniel]

Hello,

Please check this documentation topic which provides information on why this issue occurs and how to avoid it.

Regards,
Daniel
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[Huw Lloyd]

Thanks for the help, however when I use the Encode(false) and AllowHtml option as suggested I get

A potentially dangerous Request.Form value was detected from the client

I don't like the sound of that :)

The alternative, to clear the model state is also no good because I lose the displaying of why the model failed validation in the first place

Is there some kind of example showing exactly how to implement these suggestions?

[Daniel]

Hello,

I attached a sample project which demonstrates how to use the AllowHtmlAttribute. You can also use the ValidateInputAttribute on the action method in order to prevent the validation. 
As for clearing the state - besides clearing the entire state you can also remove just the key for the property that contains the HTML value so that the decoded value can be populated after postback:

ModelState.Remove("HtmlField");
model.HtmlField = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(model.HtmlField);

Regards,
Daniel
Telerik