Html.X().ComboBoxFor bug

[nurkmez]

Hi,
I write new thread for specify subject.

There is a bug about Html.X().ComboBoxFor(). As you see attachment Form data is normal. But Posted data Combobox is null. Problem is about model property is type of Ext.Net.ListItem or Ienumarable<Ext.Net.ListItem>

Thanks

[Baidaly]

Hello!

Thank you for your report. Can you provide example to reproduce?

http://forums.ext.net/showthread.php?10205

[nurkmez]

Hello!

Thank you for your report. Can you provide example to reproduce?

http://forums.ext.net/showthread.php?10205

I just add a submit button to your demo code ( http://mvc.ext.net/#/Models/Model_Bind/ ) to see post result.

..................................Controller...... .....................................

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Ext.Net.MVC.Examples.Areas.Models.Controllers
{
    public class Model_BindController : Controller
    {
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(new Model_BindModel { 
                TextValue = "TextValue",
                DateTimeValue = DateTime.Now,
                ComboValue1 = new ListItem("Item 3", "3"),
                ComboValue2 = new ListItem[] { 
                    new ListItem("Item 1", "1"), 
                    new ListItem("Item 5", "5") 
                },
                ComboValue3 = "2",
                CheckboxValue = true,
                NumberValue = 1,
                MultiSliderValue = new int[] { 10, 40, 70 },

                Data = new ListItem[] { 
                    new ListItem("Item 1", "1"), 
                    new ListItem("Item 2", "2"),
                    new ListItem("Item 3", "3"),
                    new ListItem("Item 4", "4"),
                    new ListItem("Item 5", "5")
                }
            });
        }

        public ActionResult DirectEventSubmit(Model_BindModel ModelBind)
        {
            X.Msg.Alert("Submit", JSON.Serialize(ModelBind)).Show();
            return this.Direct();
        }
    }
}

............................ View.......................................

@model Ext.Net.MVC.Examples.Areas.Models.Model_BindModel
@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Model Bind";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_BaseLayout.cshtml";
}

@section example
{
    <h1>Model Bind</h1>

    @(
        Html.X().FormPanel()
        .Layout(LayoutType.Form)
        .Width(350)
        .FieldDefaults(d => {
            d.LabelWidth = 150;
        })
        .ID("FormPanel1")
        .BodyPadding(10)
        .Frame(true)
        .Items(
            Html.X().TextFieldFor(m => m.TextValue),
            Html.X().DateFieldFor(m => m.DateTimeValue),
            Html.X().ComboBoxFor(m => m.ComboValue1).Items(Model.Data),
            Html.X().ComboBoxFor(m => m.ComboValue2).Items(Model.Data),
            Html.X().ComboBoxFor(m => m.ComboValue3).Items(Model.Data),
            Html.X().CheckboxFor(m => m.CheckboxValue),
            Html.X().NumberFieldFor(m => m.NumberValue),
            Html.X().SliderFor(m => m.MultiSliderValue)   
        )
         .Buttons(
                Html.X().Button()
                    .Text("Submit variations")
                    .MenuItem(
                        Html.X().MenuItem()
                            .Text("DirectEvent submit")
                            .DirectEvents(de => {
                                de.Click.Url = Url.Action("DirectEventSubmit");
                                de.Click.EventMask.ShowMask = true;
                                de.Click.FormID = "FormPanel1";
                            })
                    )
            )
    )    
}

.................................................. ............Model................................. .............

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Ext.Net;

namespace Ext.Net.MVC.Examples.Areas.Models
{
    public class Model_BindModel
    {
        [Field(FieldLabel="TextField")]
        public string TextValue
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "DateField")]
        public DateTime DateTimeValue
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "ComboBox 1")]
        public ListItem ComboValue1
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "ComboBox 2")]
        public IEnumerable<ListItem> ComboValue2
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "ComboBox 3")]
        public string ComboValue3
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "CheckBox")]
        public bool CheckboxValue
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "NumberField")]
        public int NumberValue
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [Field(FieldLabel = "MultiSlider")]
        public int[] MultiSliderValue
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        public IEnumerable<ListItem> Data
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
    }
}

[Baidaly]

This is default behavior of ASP.NET MVC ModelBinder with Complex type and Enumerable. To access ComboBox values you should use the following approach:

public ActionResult DirectEventSubmit(string ComboValue1, string ComboValue2, string ComboValue3)
{
	return this.Direct();
}

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