DisplayExtensions.DisplayForModel Method (HtmlHelper, String)

Returns HTML markup for each property in the model using the specified template.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function DisplayForModel ( _
    html As HtmlHelper, _
    templateName As String _
) As MvcHtmlString

public static MvcHtmlString DisplayForModel(
    this HtmlHelper html,
    string templateName
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static MvcHtmlString^ DisplayForModel(
    HtmlHelper^ html, 
    String^ templateName
)

Parameters

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

• templateName
  Type: System.String
  The name of the template that is used to render the object.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
The HTML markup for each property in the model.

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 Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

This method is typically used to display values from the object that is exposed by the Model property. For more information about the differences between this method and the other Display methods, see the DisplayExtensions class overview.

Examples

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

See Also

Reference

DisplayExtensions Class

DisplayForModel Overload

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace

Other Resources

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