MVC4 enum and radio button list

Question

I have seen a few threads on this but none seem to apply to MVC4 because the RadioButtonFor html extension method/helper does not exist.

Say I have an enum list - i.

Answer 1

I was able to combine some of the approaches from other answers with some added features:

EnumRadioButtonList.cshtml

@model Enum
@foreach (var item in EnumHelper.GetSelectList(Model.GetType()))
{
    

        
            @Html.RadioButton(string.Empty, item.Value, Model.Equals(Enum.Parse(Model.GetType(), item.Value)))
            @item.Text
        
    
}

This uses EnumHelper.GetSelectList() as a sort of hack so that you can use display attributes with your enum members:

public enum TestEnum
{
    First,
    [Display(Name = "Second Member")]
    Second,
    Third
}

Usage:

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.TestEnumProperty, "EnumRadioButtonList")

Yields:

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I'm also using the Bootstrap radio button styles with a separate helper for the inline version:

EnumRadioButtonListInline.cshtml

@model Enum
@foreach (var item in EnumHelper.GetSelectList(Model.GetType()))
{
    
        @Html.RadioButton(string.Empty, item.Value, Model.Equals(Enum.Parse(Model.GetType(), item.Value)))
        @item.Text
    
}