Accessing Sitecore template field values

Question

This may be documented somewhere, but I cannot find it.

I am using the Sitecore helper and razor syntax to place values into my view:

@Html.Sitecore().Field("foo"); 

This works fine, but, I have Fields defined in Groups, and a few of them have the same name, like:

Group1: foo

Group2: foo

Question: Is there any way to access the field by group? Something like this (what I have already tried):

@Html.Sitecore().Field("Group1.foo");

Answer 1

As long as I know it is not possible to use the sections name.

I would avoid to have the same field name even between differents sections.

Or a option is to pass the field ID and then create classes or constants to not hard code IDs

@Html.Sitecore().Field("{E77E229A-2A34-4F03-9A3E-A8636076CBDB}");

or

@Html.Sitecore().Field(MyTemplate.MyGroup.Foo); //where foo returns the id.

EDIT:

MyTemplate.MyGroup.Foo would be classes/structs you created your own just to make easier and more reliable the references all over you project. (you can use a tool to auto-generate it like a T4 template)

public static struct MyTemplate
{
    public static struct MyGroup1
    {
        public static readonly ID Foo = new ID("{1111111-1111-1231-1231-12312323132}");
    }
    public static struct MyGroup2
    {
        public static readonly ID Foo = new ID("{9999999-9999-xxxx-1231-12312323132}");
    }
}

Answer 2

Try accessing via the GUID of the field. This way, even if they have the same name, the API will be able to load the appropriate field.