Question

Given the following MVC mark-up:

    <p>
        <label for="forenamesLabel">Forename(s):</label>
        <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.ConsultantRegistrationDTO.Forenames) %>
        <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ConsultantRegistrationDTO.Forenames, "*") %>
    </p>

How is it possible for me to accurately set the label/@for attribute to the id of the generated TextBox by MVC? If I use @id as an HTML option, wouldn’t that break my binding?

Answer 1

You can use

Html.LabelFor(c model => model.ConsultantRegistrationDTO.Forenames)

Then in your model you need to specify the DisplayNameAttribute from System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations. So your model would look something like this:

public class ConsultantModel
{
    [DisplayName("Forenames")]
    public string Forenames { get; set; }
}