How do I conditionally show a field in ASP.NET MVC Razor?

Question

I am very new to C# and ASP.NET MVC Razor. I want to show a field in my view if the field is not blank.

Code

Answer 1

Simply wrap this field in if condition

@if (Model.phone2=="")
{
    <tr class="hide" id="trPhone2">
}
else
{
    <tr id="trPhone2">
}
            <td class="editor-label">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
            <td>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
            <td>
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
        </tr>

alternatively, you can simply skip the entire rendering of field like this

@if (Model.phone2!="")
{

    <tr id="trPhone2">
        <td class="editor-label">
                @Html.LabelFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
            <td>
                @Html.EditorFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
            <td>
                @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.phone2)
            </td>
        </tr>
}

Which is a better approach as it removes the field entirely from the dom object so removes any possibility of being edited later.

Answer 2

I would calculate the class name in a code block and output that. Something along the lines of:

@{
   var phone2ClassName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.phone2) ? "hide" : string.Empty;
}

<tr class="@phone2ClassName" id="trPhone2">
...

Answer 3

If it is very complicated logic then use like this:

var trId = "";
if(Model[i].FeeType == (int)FeeTypeEnum.LateFee  
    || Model[i].FeeType == (int)FeeTypeEnum.WaivedFee)
{        
    trId=String.Format("{0}_{1}", @Model[i].ProductId, @Model[i].FeeType);
}
else
{
   trId = @Model[i].ProductId.ToString();
}  


<tr id="@trId" >  

Answer 4

The syntax might not be perfect, but try this:

    @{ 
        var trClass = string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.phone2) ? "hide" : ""; 
    }

    <tr class="@trClass" id="trPhone2">
        <td class="editor-label">
            @Html.LabelFor(model => model.phone2)
        </td>
        <td>
            @Html.EditorFor(model => model.phone2)
        </td>
        <td>
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.phone2)
        </td>
    </tr>

Answer 5

@if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.phone2))
{
    <tr class="hide" id="trPhone2">
}
else
{
    <tr id="trPhone2">
}