What is the reason DisplayFor ignores html attributes?

Question

When trying to use this

@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.someField, new { htmlAttributes = "class = someclass" }) 

field when rendered does not contain someclass class. I assumed that this is because it just writes the text, and there is no span element or anything else to include the class.

I really want to set the id to update it via js later.

Answer 1

class must be @class

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DisplayFor () does not have any HTML attributes, so you cannot do this. Instead, there are other ways to visualize data inside a DIV / SPAN with ur lesson .. - Nick Oct 16 at 11:15

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I think it should be @ Html.DisplayFor (m => m.someField, new {@ class = "someClass"}) - Michelle October 16 at 11:30

Answer 2

This solution worked for me (for example, when the model is Url): Razor's look at DisplayFor DataType.Url, which opens in a new window

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