LabelExtensions.LabelFor<TModel, TValue> Method

Returns an HTML label element and the property name of the property that is represented by the specified expression.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc.Html
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function LabelFor(Of TModel, TValue) ( _
    html As HtmlHelper(Of TModel), _
    expression As Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TValue)) _
) As MvcHtmlString

public static MvcHtmlString LabelFor<TModel, TValue>(
    this HtmlHelper<TModel> html,
    Expression<Func<TModel, TValue>> expression
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
generic<typename TModel, typename TValue>
static MvcHtmlString^ LabelFor(
    HtmlHelper<TModel>^ html, 
    Expression<Func<TModel, TValue>^>^ expression
)

Type Parameters

• TModel
  The type of the model.

• TValue
  The type of the value.

Parameters

• html
  Type: System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<TModel>
  The HTML helper instance that this method extends.

• expression
  Type: System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TModel, TValue>>
  An expression that identifies the property to display.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
An HTML label element and the property name of the property that is represented by the expression.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper<TModel>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

A property named Weight might render markup such as the following:

<label for="Weight">
    Weight
</label>

Examples

A Visual Studio project with source code is available to accompany this topic: Download.

See Also

Reference

LabelExtensions Class

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace

Other Resources

Walkthrough: Using Templated Helpers to Display Data in ASP.NET MVC