VB ASP.NET DisplayFor Enum not displaying correctly using DisplayFor helper

Question

While trying to get DisplayFor(enum) to show the DisplayName of the Enum instead of the Enum Text I came across this question that pointed me in the right direction:

MVC 5.1 Razor DisplayFor not working with Enum DisplayName

Using that I created a helper to show the DisplayName instead.

Model:

Public Enum QnStatus
    <Display(Name:="Öppen")> Open
    <Display(Name:="Avslutad")> Closed
    <Display(Name:="Väntar på svar från kund")> WaitingOnCustomer
    <Display(Name:="Väntar på svar från leverantör")> WaitingOnSupplier
End Enum

Helper:

@Model Enum
@If EnumHelper.IsValidForEnumHelper(ViewData.ModelMetadata) Then
Dim displayname As String = ""
For Each item As SelectListItem In EnumHelper.GetSelectList(ViewData.ModelMetadata, DirectCast(Model, [Enum]))
    If item.Selected Then
        If Not IsNothing(item.Text) Then
            displayname = item.Text
        Else
            displayname = item.Value

        End If
    End If
Next

If String.IsNullOrEmpty(displayname) Then
    If Model Is Nothing Then
        displayname = String.Empty
    Else
        displayname = Model.ToString()
    End If

End If

@Html.DisplayFor(Function(model) displayname)

Else
    @Html.DisplayTextFor(Function(model) model)
End If

The problem I am having is that now when using DisplayFor in a view it returns the following (example for WaitingOnCustomer):

 WaitingOnCustomer Enum Väntar på svar från kund 

So I get Enum Text + Enum Type + DisplayName.

Without using the helper I get:

 WaitingOnCustomer

Why is it returning the Enum Text and Type when using the helper?

Answer 1

Your helper view is currently returning the value of @Model + the literal text "Enum" + DisplayName. To fix it remove the first line, @Model Enum, from the helper view and then it will return only the DisplayName.