public virtual MvcHtmlString Build(TModel model, BootstrapFormType formType, bool renderButtons = true)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder(2000);
var formElements = ExtractElementsToRender(model);
var groupsofElements = formElements.OrderBy(x => x.ControlSpecs.GroupName).GroupBy(x => x.ControlSpecs.GroupName);
bool useLegend = (formElements.Select(x => x.ControlSpecs.GroupName).Distinct().Count() > 1);
var stringWriter = new StringWriter(sb);
using (var textWriter = new NavHtmlTextWritter(stringWriter))
{
RenderHiddenFields(model, formElements, textWriter);
foreach (var groupedElements in groupsofElements)
{
var groupName = (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(groupedElements.Key)) ? groupedElements.Key : "General";
using (new ElementGroup(textWriter, groupName, useLegend))
{
var elementsToRender = groupedElements.Where(x => x.ControlSpecs.Control != ControlType.Hidden)
.OrderBy(x => x.ControlSpecs.Order);
// loop over the attributes (ordered)..
foreach (var formElement in elementsToRender)
{
using (new ControlGroup(textWriter))
{
ControlGroup.RenderLabel(formType, formElement, textWriter);
using (new ControlContainer(textWriter))
{
// Control
RenderElement(textWriter, model, formElement);
}
}
}
}
}
if (renderButtons)
{
RenderButtons(textWriter);
}
return(new MvcHtmlString(sb.ToString()));
}
}
