What is the best way to retrieve the display name attribute for an item in your model? I see a lot of people using the LabelFor helper for everything, but a label isn't appropriate if I just want to list the data out. Is there an easy way just get the Name Attribute if I just want to print it out in, say a paragraph?
Answer is"
<p>
<%= Html.Encode(
ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression<YourViewModel, string>(
x => x.SomeProperty, ViewData).DisplayName
) %><p>
Obviously in order to avoid the spaghetti code it is always a good idea to write a helper:public static class HtmlExtensions
{
public static MvcHtmlString GetDisplayName<TModel, TProperty>(
this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression
)
{
var metaData = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression<TModel, TProperty>(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
string value = metaData.DisplayName ?? (metaData.PropertyName ?? ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(expression));
return MvcHtmlString.Create(value);
}
}
And then:<p>
<%: Html.GetDisplayName(x => x.SomeProperty) %></p>
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