Question

What is the difference between the following three annotations:

[ScaffoldColumn(false)]
[Display(Name = "")]
[Display(AutoGenerateField=false)]

There are related SO questions here and there, but I believe none that cover all three. I’ve also seen an SO post that claims the AutoGenerateField=false accomplishes nothing. If so, then what is it for? As for the other two annotations -ScaffoldColumn(false) and Display(Name=””) – are they equivalent?

Answer 1

When marked with ScaffoldColumn(false)

public class Hate
{
    [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
    public string What { get; set; }

    public string Why { get; set; }
}

@model StrippingHtml.Models.Hate
@{
  ViewBag.Title = "What & Why You Hate";
}
<h2>
  What & Why You Hate</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm("Save", "Hate"))
{
  <div>
    @Html.EditorForModel()
  </div>
}

When marked with Display(Name=””)

public class Hate
{
    [Display(Name="")]
    public string What { get; set; }

    public string Why { get; set; }
}