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JustAnotherDeveloper
JustAnotherDeveloper

Reputation: 3199

Using [Display(Name = "X")] with an enum. Custom HtmlHelper in MVC3 ASP.Net

Im using a snippet of code from another stackoverflow question:

namespace MvcHtmlHelpers
{
    public static class htmlHelpers
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Radio button for : Adapted to support enum labels from display attributes
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TModel"></typeparam>
        /// <typeparam name="TProperty"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="htmlHelper"></param>
        /// <param name="expression"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static MvcHtmlString RadioButtonForEnum<TModel, TProperty>(
            this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
            Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression
        )
        {
            var metaData = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
            var names = Enum.GetNames(metaData.ModelType);
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (var name in names)
            {
                var id = string.Format(
                    "{0}_{1}_{2}",
                    htmlHelper.ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix,
                    metaData.PropertyName,
                    name
                );

                var radio =  htmlHelper.RadioButtonFor(expression, name, new { id = id }).ToHtmlString();
                sb.AppendFormat(
                    "<label for=\"{0}\">{1}</label> {2}",
                    id,
                    HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(name),
                    radio
                );
            }
            return MvcHtmlString.Create(sb.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Along side my current enum:

public enum Options
    {
       [Display(Name ="Yes")]
        0,
       [Display(Name = "No")]
        1,
      [Display(Name = "Other")]
        2,
    }

If I then use @html.RadioButtonForEnum(...) It displays my enums with the appropriate box selected no problem. However, I want them to use the label value [Display(Name = "<text>")] so they make more sense! - i.e. not just 0,1,2.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 11231

Answers (3)

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038710

You could use reflection to fetch the value:

public static MvcHtmlString RadioButtonForEnum<TModel, TProperty>(
    this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
    Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression
)
{
    var metaData = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);

    var sb = new StringBuilder();
    var enumType = metaData.ModelType;
    foreach (var field in enumType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.GetField | BindingFlags.Public))
    {
        var value = (int)field.GetValue(null);
        var name = Enum.GetName(enumType, value);
        var label = name;
        foreach (DisplayAttribute currAttr in field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), true))
        {
            label = currAttr.Name;
            break;
        }

        var id = string.Format(
            "{0}_{1}_{2}",
            htmlHelper.ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix,
            metaData.PropertyName,
            name
        );
        var radio = htmlHelper.RadioButtonFor(expression, name, new { id = id }).ToHtmlString();
        sb.AppendFormat(
            "<label for=\"{0}\">{1}</label> {2}",
            id,
            HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(label),
            radio
        );
    }
    return MvcHtmlString.Create(sb.ToString());
}

Upvotes: 12

kamranicus
kamranicus

Reputation: 4387

I use [Description] in my code, but you can simply change that to use DisplayAttribute:

https://gist.github.com/1287511

Upvotes: 0

JoJa
JoJa

Reputation: 610

You probably need an extension method for your enum to get the display attribute that you put on your enum options. Then when you get the name or value of your options enum value in the RadioButtonForEnum method you would just call the extensions method to fill up the value.

I recently wrote a blog post about this topic: http://joerijans.blogspot.com/2011/10/triple-door-extension-method-custom.html

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 0

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