Html.Editorfor value Default

Question

How could you put Default value on a Html.EditorFor ?

Understanding my code,

I have a field that’s a filter when I click on EditorFor open the calendar, I’d like the datetime.now but only visual without performing the filter.

Because if I put it in the model (get;set) I can show more already by performing the filter.

Code used.

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores)

I’ve tried it like this.

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores, new { htmlAttributes = new { @Value = ViewBag.DataAtual} })

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores, new { @Value = ViewBag.DataAtual})

Does anyone know a way to pass a default value?

Answer 1

EditorFor won’t work because EditorFor need to intuit the type to generate the field. For precaution, removed the possibility of the EditorFor receive value because this would be an endless source of bugs.

Now, the following construction works:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores, new { @Value = ViewBag.DataAtual })

Answer 2

You can change the property model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores for:

private DateTime? _dataInicioIndicadores;
public DateTime dataInicioIndicadores
{
    get
    {
        if(_dataInicioIndicadores.HasValue)
            return _dataInicioIndicadores.Value;
        else
            return DateTime.Now;
    }
    set
    {
        _dataInicioIndicadores = value;
    }
}

or simply assign the value to the controller:

if(!model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores.HasValue)
{
    model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores = DateTime.Now
}

and if the dateIndicators are not Nullable (Datetime?)

if(!model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores == DateTime.MinValue)
{
    model.ModelPaging.Filter.dataInicioIndicadores = DateTime.Now
}

Sincerely yours truly, Igor Quirino