Asp.net-mvc – How to access model property in Razor view of IEnumerable Type

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How to access Model property(Like @Html.EditorFor(x=>Model.Name)) in Razor view of IEnumerable Type without using Loops??I.e If a view is strongly typed to some Model holding Model as a LIST.
Eg.

@model IEnumerable<EFTest2.DAL.package_master>

Then is it possible to Display TestBoxFor or EditorFor (to create new Model) Html helper without using foreach Loop.???

Best Answer

When some model property is of type IEnumerable<SomeType> you would normally define an editor/display template (~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/SomeType.cshtml or ~/Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/SomeType.cshtml). This template will be automatically rendered for each element of the collection so that you don't need to write loops:

@Html.EditorFor(x => x.SomeCollection)

and inside the template you will be able to access individual properties:

@model SomeType
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.Name)
...

Now, if you absolutely need to directly access some element inside a view which is strongly typed to IEnumerable<SomeType> you would better use some other collection type such as IList<SomeType> or SomeType[] as view model which will give you direct access to elements by index and you will be able to do this for example to access the 6th element of the collection:

@model IList<SomeType>
@Html.EditorFor(x => x[5].Name)
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