Html.LabelFor does not use Name from DisplayAttribute

Question

I have a model like this

[MetadataType(typeof(PageMetadataMetadata))]
public class PageMetadata : IPageMetadata {
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

and my metadata class like this

internal class PageMetadataMetadata {
    [Display(Name = "Title", Order = 10, Prompt = "My awesome page")]
    [Required(ErrorMessage = "Name_Required")]
    public virtual string Name { get; set; }
}

When I use this model in my view I cannot get it to use the name from my DisplayAttribute?

@Html.LabelFor(model => model.CurrentModel.Metadata.Name)

Iridio · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-18 09:31:36Z

1

With DisplayAttribute, you have to set also the ResourceType. If you don't want to use localization try using DisplayNameAttribute.

answered Sep 18, 2011 at 9:31

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4 Comments

marcus Over a year ago

I know about the localization but the problem here is that I must use EditorForModel to get the proper name from displayattribute och displaynameattribute

Iridio Over a year ago

have you tried setting the resourcetype that is missin in your model? what happend? with only displayattribute?

marcus Over a year ago

I have tried with resourcetype and with dislayname attribute but none of this works, it still uses the property name for label text

Iridio Over a year ago

try looking at this article about ModelMetadataProviders dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=715

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