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POMVC3 Html.DisplayFor -- Is it possible to have this control generate an ID?
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    copied!<p>I want to be able to display some text, but also have the text be modifiable via jQuery.</p> <pre><code>&lt;%= Html.DisplayFor(model =&gt; model.DeviceComponentName)%&gt; </code></pre> <p>If I used EditorFor instead of DisplayFor I would see an ID for the input control. I do not want the value to be editable in that way, though. So, I have made it a DisplayFor, but it does not generate an ID property for the element.</p> <p>Should I just wrap the DisplayFor in a div and do something like:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id="&lt;%= ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName("DeviceComponentName") %&gt;"&gt; &lt;%= Html.DisplayFor(model =&gt; model.DeviceComponentName)%&gt; &lt;/div&gt; $('#DeviceComponentName').text('newValue'); </code></pre> <p>Or is there a cleaner way of achieving this?</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Is there a way which doesn't depend on hard-coded strings? Something that ties to the object itself so if my property name changes I'd get a compile error?</p> <p>Also, I am using this code, but I do not see an ID value appear:</p> <pre><code>&lt;td class="editableValue"&gt; &lt;%--Label should be editable, so it needs an ID, but only will be edited by jQuery so it can't be an EditorFor--%&gt; &lt;%= Html.DisplayFor(model =&gt; model.DeviceComponentName, new { id = "DeviceComponentName" })%&gt; &lt;button type="button" id="ComponentTreeButton" class="nestedDialogButton"&gt;...&lt;/button&gt; &lt;/td&gt; </code></pre>
 

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