DisplayTextFor Helper in MVC

Introduction

This article shows how to use a DisplayTextFor helper in MVC applications.

Create an ASP.Net Web Application as in Figure 1.

 

Figure 1: Web application

Choose MVC template as in Figure 2.

 

Figure 2: MVC template

Set up Entity Framework as in Figures 3 and 4.

 

Figure 3: Add ADO.NET Entity Framework

 

Figure 4: Connection setting

 

Figure 5: Select tables

Add an Employee Controller as in Figures 6, 7 and 8.

 

Figure 6: Add controller

 

Figure 7: MVC controller - empty

 

Figure 8: EmployeeController

EmployeeController.cs

using DisplayTextForMVC_App.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace DisplayTextForMVC_App.Controllers
{
    public class EmployeeController : Controller
    {
        EmployeeEntities db = new EmployeeEntities();
        //
        // GET: /Employee/
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(db.Departments.ToList());
        }
    }
}

Add the View as in Figure 9.

 

Figure 9: Add Index View

Index.cshtml

@model IEnumerable<DisplayTextForMVC_App.Models.Department>

@{
    Layout = null;
}

@foreach (var item in Model)
{

    @Html.DisplayTextFor(model => item.DepartmentName)
    <br />
}

The output of the application is as in the following:

 

Figure 10: Index

Summary

In this article we saw how to use a DisplayTextFor helper in MVC applications.
Happy coding!