ASP.NET MVC - Using HTML Helpers in RAZOR

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC RAZOR View. This view had the following:

@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)

That approach was working fine. But, I needed to add a check on the name field.So I started using:

@if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.Name)
{
  <b>The name wasn't provided</b>
}
else
{
  Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name);
  <div>the name should appear</div>
}

Now, my label isn't appearing at all. In some cases, I'll see the "The name wasn't provided" like I expected. But, when a name is present, I see "the name should appear", but I do not see the actual name like I'd expect.

What am I doing wrong? It seems odd that just @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name) worked as expected. But, once I added the check, it didn't.

I hope it solved your problem?

jamiedanq
– jamiedanq

2016-04-25 14:29:26 +00:00
Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 14:29 — jamiedanq
– jamiedanq, Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 14:29

jamiedanq · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-25 13:16:28Z

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else
{
  @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name);
  <div>the name should appear</div>
}

answered Apr 25, 2016 at 13:16

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user687554 Over a year ago

Interesting. I didn't know you needed the @ when it was in a block like that.

jamiedanq Over a year ago

@user687554 you do apparently

Dilip Oganiya · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-25 13:19:51Z

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You have missed @ before Html.LabelFor

answered Apr 25, 2016 at 13:19

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Brendan Vogt · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-25 13:27:27Z

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You need to add the @ symbol to Html part in the else section of your if statement:

@if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.Name)
{
     <b>The name wasn't provided</b>
}
else
{
     @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name);
     <div>the name should appear</div>
}

answered Apr 25, 2016 at 13:27

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