Using [Display(Name = “X”)] with an enum. Custom HtmlHelper in MVC3 ASP.Net

Question

Im using a snippet of code from another stackoverflow question:

namespace MvcHtmlHelpers
{
    public static class htmlHelpers
    {
        /// 

         


        

Answer 1

You probably need an extension method for your enum to get the display attribute that you put on your enum options. Then when you get the name or value of your options enum value in the RadioButtonForEnum method you would just call the extensions method to fill up the value.

I recently wrote a blog post about this topic: http://joerijans.blogspot.com/2011/10/triple-door-extension-method-custom.html

Hope this helps.