Use DisplayFormatAttribute with NumericTextBox

[C.P.A.M. Van Aaken]

I try to  use the NumericTextBox in combination with data annotations in MVC 5.
Kendo UI v2014.2.716
Windows 7 64 bit
Internet Explorer 10.0.9200.17089
jQuery 1.9.0

I have a class with a DisplayFormat attribute on a property:

public class EnkelOppervlakteRow
{
    public int FosfaattoestandId { get; set; }
    public string Omschrijving { get; set; }

    [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString="{0:n3}", ApplyFormatInEditMode=true)]
    public decimal Oppervlakte { get; set; }

    public int? Id { get; set; }
}

   
In the view, I generate a NumericTextBox for that property:

@(Html.Kendo().NumericTextBoxFor(mdl => mdl.Oppervlakte))

Whtat I would like, is that the NumericTextBox behaved as if I wrote this:

@(Html.Kendo().NumericTextBoxFor(mdl => mdl.Oppervlakte)
    .Format("N3")
)

Writing .Format("N3") on every line where I use said property is undesirable. I would like to manage the formatting using (custom) data annotations.
If I use @Html.EditorFor, then the values in the generated textbox are formatted the way I like.

How can I achieve this with the Kendo NumericTextBox?

[Georgi Krustev]

Hi,

The NumericTextBox infers only the validator attributes (GetValidators() method is used) applied to the Model field. Currently, DisplayFormat is not supported and you will need to use the widget Format method to set a specific value format.
After further consideration we decoded tp add a support for DataFormatString in the next official release of Kendo UI scheduled for the mid of next week. You can downloaded it once it is out and give it a try.

Best regards,
Georgi Krustev
Telerik