DisplayNameExtensions.DisplayName Method

Gets the display name.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function DisplayName ( _
    html As HtmlHelper, _
    expression As String _
) As MvcHtmlString
'Usage
Dim html As HtmlHelper 
Dim expression As String 
Dim returnValue As MvcHtmlString 

returnValue = html.DisplayName(expression)

public static MvcHtmlString DisplayName(
    this HtmlHelper html,
    string expression
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static MvcHtmlString^ DisplayName(
    HtmlHelper^ html, 
    String^ expression
)

static member DisplayName : 
        html:HtmlHelper * 
        expression:string -> MvcHtmlString

public static function DisplayName(
    html : HtmlHelper, 
    expression : String
) : MvcHtmlString

Parameters

• html
  Type: System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper

  The HTML helper instance that this method extends.

• expression
  Type: System.String

  An expression that identifies the object that contains the display name.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
The display name.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.108) or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.108).

Remarks

Updated 13 March 2011

See Also

Reference

DisplayNameExtensions Class

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace