HtmlHelper - Label

Previously in the last tutorials, we learned how to use HtmlHelper methods to generate various form input elements. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create <label> element using HtmlHelper classes in the razor view of an ASP.NET MVC application.

To generate a <label> element, HtmlHelper class provides us with two extension methods:

• Label()
• LabelFor().

To illustrate the use of these two above methods, we will use the following Activities model as shown in the code snippet below:

//Demo: Activity Model
public class Activity
{
    public int Id {get; set;}
    public string ActivityName {get; set;}
    public string Description {get; set;}
    public string Status {get; set;}
}

Label()

The Html.Label() is a loosely typed method provided by the HtmlHelper class which generates a <label> element in razor view for the specified property of the model.

Label() method has many overloads, just like every other method in the HtmlHelper class.

Example: Html.Display() in Razor View
@Html.Label("ActivityName")
Html Result:
<label for="ActivityName">Write C# Tutorial</label>

In the above example, we have specified an ActivityName property as a string. So, it will create an <label> element that displays the property name.

We can specify another label text instead of the default property name as shown in the code snippet below.

Example: Html.Label() in Razor View
@Html.Label("ActivityName","Activity-Name")
Html Result:
<label for="ActivityName">Activity-Name</label>

LabelFor

LabelFor helper method is a strongly typed extension method. It generates an Html label element for the model object property specified using a lambda expression.

LabelFor() method Signature: MvcHtmlString LabelFor(<Expression<Func<TModel,TValue>> expression)
Example: LabelFor() in Razor View
@model Activitiy
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.ActivityName)
Html Result:
<label for="ActivityName">Write C# Tutorial</label>

In the above code snippet, we have specified the ActivityName property of the Activity model using lambda expression in the LabelFor() method.

This expression generates <label> and set label text to the same as ActivityName property of the Activity model.