MVC 5.1 Razor DisplayFor not working with Enum DisplayName

Question

I have the following entity (domain) object and model that contain an enum. The display name appears correctly and works for a EnumDropdownList but for some reason not for t

Answer 1

Create new folder Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates
Add empty Partial View named Enum, to the folder
Replace Enum View code with:

@model Enum

@if (EnumHelper.IsValidForEnumHelper(ViewData.ModelMetadata))
{
    // Display Enum using same names (from [Display] attributes) as in editors
    string displayName = null;
    foreach (SelectListItem item in EnumHelper.GetSelectList(ViewData.ModelMetadata, (Enum)Model))
    {
        if (item.Selected)
        {
            displayName = item.Text ?? item.Value;
        }
    }

    // Handle the unexpected case that nothing is selected
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(displayName))
    {
        if (Model == null)
        {
            displayName = String.Empty;
        }
        else
        {
            displayName = Model.ToString();
        }
    }

    @Html.DisplayTextFor(model => displayName)
}
else
{
    // This Enum type is not supported.  Fall back to the text.
    @Html.DisplayTextFor(model => model)
}

Here is the link to detailed article by Shahriar Hossain