ASP.NET MVC Model Binding with Dashes in Form Element Names

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I have been scouring the internet trying to find a way to accomodate dashes from my form elements into the default model binding behavior of ASP.NET's Controllers in MVC 2, 3, or even 4. As a front-end developer, I prefer dashes in my CSS over camelCase or underscores. In my markup, what I want to be able to do to is something like this: ``` ``` In the controller, I would be passing in a C# object that would look like this: ``` public class Person { public string FirstName { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } //etc... } ``` Is there some way to extend the `Controller` class to accommodate this through some regex or other behavior? I hate the fact that I have to do something like this: ``` ``` or even this: ``` ``` Thoughts?

Accepted Answer

You could always create your own model binder.

Here's an example that implements a binder that supports adding Aliases to model properties:

http://ole.michelsen.dk/blog/bind-a-model-property-to-a-different-named-query-string-field/

And with it do something like:

```
[ModelBinder(typeof(AliasModelBinder))]
public class Person
{
      [BindAlias("first-name")]
      public string FirstName { get; set; }
      [BindAlias("last-name")]
      public string LastName { get; set; }
      //etc...
}
```

EDIT: This implementation, as the blogger says, is based on Andras' answer on the following SO question: Asp.Net MVC 2 - Bind a model's property to a different named value

ASP.NET MVC Model Binding with Dashes in Form Element Names

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