asp.net mvc 3 razor get one element from IEnumerable

Question

I my view model(LIST) looks like this:

public class ConversationModel 
    {
        public int ID { get; set; }
        public string Body { get; set; }
                


        

Answer 1

You should be able to use the following:

@Model.First().ToUserID

However, if your model will only ever reference the first element of the enumeration in the view, I would recommend that you only pass that element to the view.

For example:

@model ConversationModel

@Model.ToUserID

And in the controller only pass the first element that is required:

List conversationList = //your conversation model initialisation code
return View(conversationList.First());