[sunkerman]

Hi,

I want to render this:

<input name="mode1" id="mode1" type="text" data-role="datebox" data-options='{"mode":"calbox", "useNewStyle":true}' />

...using a HtmlHelper. This is what I've tried, but it won't render:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Date,
                       new Dictionary<string, object> {
                                                          { "data-role", "datebox" },
                                                          { "data-options", "'mode':'calbox', 'useNewStyle':true" },
                                                      })

Anyone knows how this can be solved?

Thanks

[Skydiver]

If you comment out line 4, does it render?

[sunkerman]

If I remove this? { "data-options", "'mode':'calbox', 'useNewStyle':true" }

No it won't, or the input will render, but the jq mobile plugin won't work then. When using the calendar picker, I get this error: "There is no mode by that name loaded/mode not given", so the mode:calbox is needed. By the way, this is the plugin I'm using. http://dev.jtsage.com/jQM-DateBox/

Thanks for the reply

[Skydiver]

Okay, so it does render. It's just that the plugin doesn't work.

So when uncomment line 4, does it still render?

And if it does render, then I have a question. What happened to the curly braces? In your expected output you have:

{"mode":"calbox", "useNewStyle":true}

Yet in your dictionary, you have:

'mode':'calbox', 'useNewStyle':true

[sunkerman]

Yes, it renders. Sorry, I've tried both "{'mode':'calbox', 'useNewStyle':true}" and "'mode':'calbox', 'useNewStyle':true" in the dictionary but neither works.

[Skydiver]

It doesn't work as in it doesn't render, or as in the plugin doesn't seem to understand the single quotes?

Actually, it kind of makes sense, if it renders, but the plugin doesn't understand. JSON definition for a string is double quotes, not single quotes. http://www.json.org/

Have you tried:

"{\"mode\":\"calbox\", \"useNewStyle\":true}"

Or

"{"mode":"calbox", "useNewStyle":true}"

This post has been edited by Skydiver: 10 September 2012 - 12:18 PM