Pass object to partial view - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have this controller which fetches an object that I would like to render in a partial view:
public ActionResult EditPhoto(string id)
{
var photo = RavenSession.Load<ContentPage>(id);
return View("_editPhoto");
}
Its the photo I would like to pass to my partial view.
I have this in my view:
#{
Html.RenderPartial("_editPhoto" );
}
How will I go about to pass my photo into the partial view in order for it to render in its parent?
EDIT:
This is how I pass the object to the controller:
#foreach (var item in Model.Photographys)
{
<li class="span3" style="text-align: center">
<div class="thumbnail thumbnail-1">
#Html.ActionLink(item.Name,
"EditPhoto", // <-- ActionMethod
new { id = item.Id }, // <-- Route arguments.
null // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value
// otherwise you call the WRONG method ...
// (refer to comments, below).
)
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 10px;">#item.Name</h3>
<div class="">
<div class="">
<img src="#item.ImgUrl" alt="" style="visibility: visible; opacity: 1;">
</div>
</div>
<section>
<p>#item.Description</p>
Read More
<p>#item.IsAccordion</p>
</section>
</div>
</li>
}
There seems a problem with this line however:
#{
Html.RenderPartial("_editPhoto" , Model);
}
Model gets underlined explaining that the Model passed into it (Photo) is not the right one..It seems that _editPhoto inherits the same Model as its parent maybe?
I managed to do this in the view:
#{
var i = new Photography();
Html.RenderPartial("_editPhoto", i);
}
The problem now is that the partialView gets rendered in a new window and not in its parent as I want it to.
UPDATE
Im gonna give this one last go, wont create a new question:
This is my controller passing a photo to a partial view:
public ActionResult EditPhoto(string id)
{
var photo = RavenSession.Load<ContentPage>(id) as Photography;
return PartialView("_editPhoto", photo);
}
My "mainview" contains this code to render the partial view with the photo getting sent to it:
<div class="form-control">
#{
var model = new Photography();
Html.Partial("_editPhoto",model);
}
</div>
This opens up a new window where my new photo shows up. I would like it to get rendered inside of its parents view the same way as it gets rendered automaticaly when i first visit the page...

Answer 1

Your controller action method should be:
public ActionResult EditPhoto(string id)
{
var photo = RavenSession.Load<ContentPage>(id);
return View("EditPhoto",photo);
}
and your "EditPhoto" view should be:
#{ Html.RenderPartial("_editPhoto",Model); }
Update
Your controller action method should be:
public ActionResult Photos()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult EditPhoto(string id)
{
var photo = RavenSession.Load<ContentPage>(id);
return View(photo);
}
your "EditPhoto" should be view (not a partialview), on link click, "EditPhoto" action method is called and it returns the "EditPhoto" view

Answer 2

This questions seems related to one of your previous question.
Controller should be as follows;
public ActionResult EditPhoto(string id)
{
var photo = RavenSession.Load<ContentPage>(id);
return PartialView("_editPhoto", photo);
}
In your partial view _editPhoto, you can have the following code. I assume photo variable is a Photography object.
#model aPhoto_web.Models.AdminPages.Photography
#using (Html.BeginForm())
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
<div class="form-horizontal">
<h4>Photography</h4>
<hr />
#Html.ValidationSummary(true, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
<div class="form-group">
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Name, htmlAttributes: new { #class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Name, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Name, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
</div>
</div>
</div>
}
Thanks!