Question

Let’s say I hav this model:

public class PartyGorilla
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public int Id{ get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Gorilla's Name")]
    [Required]
    public string Name{ get; set; }
}

Everything works as desired when using EditorForModel() in my edit/create views but if I use DisplayForModel() in my details view the Id property is not being shown, which is not what I want. My question is: is there another attribute I need to ad or do I need to cook up a custom one?

Answer 1

I would just add the LabelFor DisplayFor the id column before the DisplayForModel. I don’t really see a simpler solution to that problem.

You could also make a separate ViewModel, but that has a nasty non-dry footprint for what it actually accomplishes:

public class PartyGorillaView
{
    public int Id{ get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Gorilla's Name")]
    [Required]
    public string Name{ get; set; }
}

public class PartyGorillaEdit
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public int Id{ get; set; }

    [DisplayName("Gorilla's Name")]
    [Required]
    public string Name{ get; set; }
}