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Static Components

StaticInputBase

Abstract Inherits: StaticComponent

StaticInputBase is the root abstract class for every headless input-like component (text inputs, checkboxes, radios, selects). It exposes the bound ModelExpression, plus the two switches every input needs (ShowLabel and Disabled).

You usually don’t inherit from StaticInputBase directly — pick the more specific StaticInput, StaticCheckbox, StaticRadio or StaticSelect for the element you’re building.

Namespace

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TechGems.StaticComponents.Headless

Usage

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using TechGems.StaticComponents.Headless;


namespace YourAssembly.Views.Components;


public abstract class MyInputBase : StaticInputBase { }

Public Properties

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InputExpression

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[HtmlAttributeName("asp-for")]
public ModelExpression? InputExpression { get; set; }

The ModelExpression resolved from the consumer-facing asp-for attribute. In the component’s Razor template you pass this to the inner element via a static-* tag helper so the original property metadata can be recovered through the doubly-wrapped expression.

AttributeValue
HTML attributeasp-for
RequiredNo
Defaultnull

ShowLabel

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[HtmlAttributeName("show-label")]
public bool ShowLabel { get; set; } = true;

Lets consumers opt-out of the inline label rendered by your component template. Default is true.

Disabled

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[HtmlAttributeName("disabled")]
public bool Disabled { get; set; }

A boolean that maps to the consumer-facing disabled HTML attribute, surfaced as a C# bool so your template can branch on it without having to parse strings.

AdditionalAttributes

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[HtmlAttributeNotBound]
public StaticAttributeCollection AdditionalAttributes { get; private set; }

Every HTML attribute the consumer wrote on your component that wasn’t bound to one of its C# properties. Apply it to an element in your template with the static-attributes tag helper so end users can pass arbitrary markup — placeholder, data-*, aria-*, Alpine and HTMX bindings — through to the rendered element:

<input static-for="@Model.InputExpression"
       static-attributes="@Model.AdditionalAttributes"
       class="block w-full rounded-md border px-3 py-2" />

Nothing is passed through until you add static-attributes to your template, so adding this to an existing component is opt-in. See StaticAttributeCollection for the filtering methods that let you route different attributes to different elements.

Methods

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ProcessAsync(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)

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public override async Task ProcessAsync(TagHelperContext context, TagHelperOutput output)

Delegates to StaticComponent.ProcessAsync, which renders the Razor partial view associated with the component.

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