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Where put css if no head in cshtml

I want to define a class to add an asterisk for required fields, but I know the project I inherited uses Razor mvc, and it doesn't have a head section to put this at the top of my cshtml file.

This is what the start of my _RegistrationStep1.cshtml form looks like:

    @{ Layout = null;}

    @model MApplicationData.Models.ApplicantCapturedData

    <div class="form-horizontal">
        <hr />
        @Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
        <div class="site-section">
            <h4 class="site-header"><b>Department Contact Info:</b> (REQUIRED in case we have questions about this new applicant)</h4>
            <hr />
            @Html.HiddenFor(model => model.ID)
        </div>

        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-xs-5">
                <label class="control-label col-md-6" for="DeptContactName">Department Contact Name</label>
                <div class="col-md-4">
                    @Html.EditorFor(model => model.DeptContactName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control", @required = "required" } })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.DeptContactName, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
                </div>
            </div>
...

I haven't found anything in my online search for cshtml files without head section, but CSS definition does say the head section is where to put it if I don't want to define it inline everywhere.

I did see info on how to make the asterisk for required fields dynamic, but I think it's fine for me to just define a second class to add the asterisk.

There's no head in ApplicantCapturedData.cs or Index.cshtml. I thought maybe it would be included somehow. A search of the project for head shows a tag in _Layout.cshtml which is in the application/views/shared folder, but when I added the required class info there, running the project did not show the asterisk on the required field. This is _Layout.cshtml:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>@ViewBag.Title - Provider Form</title>
    <link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/bootstrap.css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    @* Content-box fixes as per http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/third-party/using-kendo-with-twitter-bootstrap article  *@
    <link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/box-sizing-fixes.css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    <link href="@Url.Content("~/Content/Site.css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/modernizr")
    @Scripts.Render("~/bundles/jquery")

    @*<link href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.common-bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
        <link href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
        <link href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
        <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/jszip.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/kendo.aspnetmvc.min.js"></script>*@

    <link href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.mobile.all.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.dataviz.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <link href="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/styles/kendo.dataviz.bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2017.3.1018/js/kendo.aspnetmvc.min.js"></script>
    <script src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/kendo.modernizr.custom.js")"></script>

    <!--I added this class-->
    .required:after
    {
       content: "*";
       font-weight: bold;
       color:red;
    }

</head>

This is how I used the required class in _RegistrationStep1.cshtml:

<div class="row">
        <div class="col-xs-5">
            <label class="control-label col-md-6 required" for="DeptContactName">Department Contact Name</label><!--that is required class used-->
            <div class="col-md-4">
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.DeptContactName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control", @required = "required" } })
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.DeptContactName, "", new { @class = "text-danger" })
            </div>
        </div>
...

There is a reference to _Layout.cshtml in _ViewStart.cshtml, which is in application/views folder:

@{
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

Any help with determining why the required class does not show the asterisk would be appreciated. Thanks!

Solution

  • I see you have a /Content/Site.css in your Layout. There you can write your css code and will be applied in all your .cshtml file with desired output. So add this code to the Site.css:

    label .required:after {
color: #e32;
content: ' *';
display:inline;
}

    This a sample of the asterisk but there to many other samples online that can suit you better. For further info see Mdn website