asp.net mvc html.labelfor,Asp.net MVC Label For

The following will allows overriding the default display name, the alternative to using the below is to vandalise your model using a [DisplayName] attribute

Usage

m.Customer.Name.Forename, "First Name")%>

Code

namespace System.Web.Mvc.Html

{

public static class LabelExtensions

{

public static MvcHtmlString LabelFor(this HtmlHelper html, Expression> expression, string displayName)

{

return LabelHelper(html, ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, html.ViewData), ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(expression), displayName);

}

internal static MvcHtmlString LabelHelper(HtmlHelper html, ModelMetadata metadata, string htmlFieldName, string displayName)

{

string str = displayName ?? metadata.DisplayName ?? (metadata.PropertyName ?? htmlFieldName.Split(new char[] { '.' }).Last());

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))

{

return MvcHtmlString.Empty;

}

TagBuilder builder = new TagBuilder("label");

builder.Attributes.Add("for", html.ViewContext.ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldId(htmlFieldName));

builder.SetInnerText(str);

return MvcHtmlString.Create(builder.ToString(TagRenderMode.Normal));

}

}

}