MVC how to correctly display localized enum in display form?

Question

I have a question regarding enums, basically I've created a localized enum drop down list to correctly disply the enums with localization.

But when i would like to show the selected enum later somewhere on another page, I don't get the localization anymore.

Any idea, or maybe anyone could give me a link to some html extension for displaying enums.

I have the following:

public enum Gender
{
        [Display(ResourceType = typeof(Resources.Base), Name = "Male")]
        M= 0,
        [Display(ResourceType = typeof(Resources.Base), Name = "Female")]
        F= 1,
}

in my view i have following:

@Html.LabelForModel(Model.Gender.ToString())

And in the controler i set:

Model.Gender = Gender.M

Instead of showing the Male from the base, i get "M" displayed.

Any idea how to solve this?

I'm still, looking for an answer, if anyone can ...?

Alnedru
– Alnedru

2014-01-06 10:33:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 6, 2014 at 10:33 — Alnedru
– Alnedru, Commented Jan 6, 2014 at 10:33

Alnedru · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07 17:44:53Z

7

Finally I solved my issue myself, I've created a custom html helper to display correctly the "display' annotation.

    public static MvcHtmlString DisplayEnum(this HtmlHelper helper, Enum e)
    {
        string result = string.Empty;

        var display = e.GetType()
                   .GetMember(e.ToString()).First()
                   .GetCustomAttributes(false)
                   .OfType<DisplayAttribute>()
                   .LastOrDefault();

        if (display != null)
        {
            result = display.GetName();
        }

        return helper.Label(result);
    }

answered Jan 7, 2014 at 17:44

Alnedru

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Hassan Faghihi Over a year ago

you get name, but i dont think you get resource for that name, did you?

Sir Rufo Over a year ago

@deadManN read the docs

Selman Genç · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04 16:42:11Z

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You should use this code in your view:

@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Gender)

Because Display attribute using by LabelFor method to display your value.ToString is just converting your enum value to a string.It doesn't have any information about your attributes.

answered Jan 4, 2014 at 16:42

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Alnedru Over a year ago

Now instead of M, I get Gender, but I need to see "Male" or localized version of it

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