What's the syntax for Html.Display()?

Question

I've got a model like this:

public class HomeViewModel
{
    public IEnumerable<NewsItem> NewsItems { get; set; }
    public decimal TotalSales { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<SalesOrderHeader> SalesInformation { get; set; }

}

And in the View I want to do this:

<p>@Html.Display(Model.TotalSales)</p>

But I'm running into this error:

HomeViewModel does not contain a definition for Display"

Which is odd because it should be the Html type that has Display.

What is the correct syntax for what I'm trying to achieve?

you should use @Html.DisplayFor

Hamid Pourjam
– Hamid Pourjam

2015-06-08 16:55:15 +00:00
Commented Jun 8, 2015 at 16:55 — Hamid Pourjam
– Hamid Pourjam, Commented Jun 8, 2015 at 16:55

adricadar · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-08 17:15:08Z

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It's better to use DisplayFor (Display) fo doing this. If you need to add some display attributes (like only last 2 digits to be shown) you will do this only one time in the ViewModel.

<p>@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.TotalSales)</p>

If you really want to use Display, the MVC is smart enough to render this with your data from Model.

<p>@Html.Display("TotalSales")</p>

edited Jun 8, 2015 at 17:15

answered Jun 8, 2015 at 17:03

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user9993 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-08 16:54:52Z

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Okay it's actually:

<p>@Model.TotalSales</p>

Solved!

answered Jun 8, 2015 at 16:54

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