C# ASP.NET MVC Forms Creating a Basic Form Using Strongly Typed HTML Helpers

Posted by Steven Scott
Steven Scott
6,152 Points

In Report.cshtml update the Html.Label method call for the "Name" field to its strongly typed version Html.LabelFor.

Does anyone have a passing answer for challenge 2 and 3?

Report.cshtml 
@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor (model => M)
        @Html.TextBox("Name")
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.Label("Email")
        @Html.TextBox("Email")
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.Label("DepartmentId")
        @Html.TextBox("DepartmentId")
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.Label("Severity")
        @Html.TextBox("Severity")
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.Label("Reproducible")
        @Html.TextBox("Reproducible")
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.Label("DescriptionOfProblem")
        @Html.TextArea("DescriptionOfProblem")
    </div>

    <button type="submit">Save</button>
}

1 Answer

Robert Stefanic
Robert Stefanic
28,372 Points
Robert Stefanic
Robert Stefanic
28,372 Points

You're on the right track here.

@Html.LabelFor (model => M)

LabelFor takes an function here. So far, your function takes a model, and you want to access a property on that model. How would you normally access a property on an object?

That's what you'll add to the right of =>. As a hint, M isn't in scope here, so you need to change it to the variable name that you've defined to the left of =>.