Html.LabelFor Specified Text

Question

Anyone got any idea on how to specify text when using Html.LabelFor(c=>c.MyField). It\'s just MyField might not be an appropriate name to displ

Answer 1

I haven't downloaded v2 yet, so I can't test, but I believe it works like DynamicData, in which case you'd do something like this on your model:

[Display(Name = "The Super Fantastic Field")]
public string MyField {get;set;}

Answer 2

There are two ways
1"direct annotations"
2"Annotatinos with a resource"
Direct annotations

[Display(Name = "My Field")]
public string MyField { get; set; }

Annotatinos with a resource

[Display(Name = "My_Field",ResourceType = typeof(Resource))]
public string MyField { get; set; }

Second way will require to add a value in resource file probably named as Resource.resx.
Use which suits your purpose.

Answer 3

I haven't checked out CP1 yet but I read over Scott's release of it and I seem to recall that the code was generated by T4. I suppose you could always mod that, but I would suspect that they will provide overloads in CP2.

Edit: The source is always available and thus you could just mod the method, change the T4 generator, and you'll be good to go. Also put in a ticket or request (somehow) for that mod so it gets worked into the next version.

Answer 4

You use System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.DisplayAttribute:

[Display(Name = "My Field")]
public string MyField { get; set; }

Setting the ResourceType property on your attribute will allow you to use a resource file.

(Prior to .NET 4 use System.ComponentModel.DisplayNameAttribute with the caveat that the display name must be a compile-time constant.)

Answer 5

Easy solution just add the following in the view:

@Html.LabelFor(c=>c.MyField, "My Field")

Answer 6

There are 5 overloads. Several offer second parameter of "string labelText", which you would set to "The Super Fantastic Field".