Can you use MVC 2 Strongly Typed Helpers in Partial View?

Question

I'm trying to use the new strongly typed helpers. I've inherited the Model in my Control: Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl"

but intellisense isn't exposing the model and the page isn't happy with it if I force the code in. If I do it in a standard View all is good. This is what I'm expecting to be able to do:

<%= Html.LabelFor(m => m.FirstName) %>

Can these helpers be used in Partial Views in this manner?

Lloyd

Answer 1

Yes.

All you need to do declare your partials as strongly typed to have access to the typed Model property:

Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<YourModel>"