Custom MVC Html extension. Wraps a LabelFor, EditorFor, and ValidationMessageFor for a property in a div. Saves a considerable amount of typing in Views. Also checks if the property has the Required attribute and adds a class to the label. Can pass in Html attributes which get applied to the containing div. This gives you hooks for styling and l…

gistfile1.cs

namespace System.Web.Mvc
{
    public static class MyEditorForExtensions
    {
        public static MvcHtmlString MyEditorFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            return MyEditorForInternal(htmlHelper, expression, HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(null));
        }

        public static MvcHtmlString MyEditorFor<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression, object htmlAttributes)
        {
            return MyEditorForInternal(htmlHelper, expression, HtmlHelper.AnonymousObjectToHtmlAttributes(htmlAttributes));
        }

        private static MvcHtmlString MyEditorForInternal<TModel, TProperty>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression, IDictionary<string, object> htmlAttributes)
        {
            TagBuilder builder = new TagBuilder("div");
            builder.MergeAttributes(htmlAttributes);

            string labelHtml;

            var test = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
            if (test.IsRequired)
            {
                labelHtml = Html.LabelExtensions.LabelFor(htmlHelper, expression, new { @class = "required" }).ToHtmlString();
            }
            else
            {
                labelHtml = Html.LabelExtensions.LabelFor(htmlHelper, expression).ToHtmlString();
            }

            string editorHtml = Html.EditorExtensions.EditorFor(htmlHelper, expression).ToHtmlString();
            string validationHtml = Html.ValidationExtensions.ValidationMessageFor(htmlHelper, expression).ToHtmlString();
            builder.InnerHtml = labelHtml + editorHtml + validationHtml;

            return new MvcHtmlString(builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal));
        }
    }
}

gistfile2.css

fieldset {border:1px #ccc dotted; padding:0% 1%; margin:10px -10px;}
legend {font-weight:bold; font-size:123%; padding:0px 3px; margin-left:-3px; background-color:White;}

form div{float:left; margin:2% 3%;}
form div.oneSixth {width:10.4%;}
form div.oneThird {width:26.7%;}
form div.twoThirds {width:59.5%;}
form div.half {width:43%;}
form div.oneFourth{width:18.5%;}

label {display:block; margin-bottom:1px; width:auto; text-align:left;}
.required:after {content:url(images/icon_required.gif);}

form div.inline {margin:1% 3%;}
form div.inline input {width:60%; border:1px solid #ccc; text-align:left;}
form div.inline label {display:inline-block; width:30%; text-align:right; padding-right:12px;}