how to create an else if statement in Razor?

Question

I am trying to display some rows in a table. Depending on the UserGroup, the View should show different markup. An administrator can delete rows, but a moderator can only mark them as visible or invisible.

How do i write a proper if else statement in Razor?

The page is displayed correctly, but the page title is Parse Error

This is my code:

@model MvcApplication3.Models.ViewModels.New.Question.MatrixRows  @{     bool visible = Model.Visible; }  <tr>     <td>     @if(visible)          {         @Html.TextBoxFor(cn => Model.Row_Number, new { @class = "row required digits", size = 1 })         }     @if (!visible)         {         @Html.TextBoxFor(cn => Model.Row_Number, new { @class = "row required digits", size = 1, disabled = "disabled" })         }     </td>     <td>     @if(visible)          {             @Html.TextBoxFor(bs => Model.Row_Description, new { @class = "rowdesc", size = 45 })         }     @if (!visible)     {         @Html.TextBoxFor(bs => Model.Row_Description, new { @class = "rowdesc", size = 45, disabled = "disabled" })     }     </td>     <td>         @if (HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Administrator"))         {             @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Delete, new { @class = "mark-for-delete" })             @Html.LinkToRemoveNestedForm("Slet", "tr", "input.mark-for-delete")             }         @if (HttpContext.Current.User.IsInRole("Moderator"))         {             @Html.HiddenFor(x => x.Visible, new { @class = "mark-for-visible" })             @Html.LinkToDisableNestedForm("Deaktiver", "tr", "input.mark-for-visible")             }         @Html.HiddenFor(id => Model.Row_Id)     </td> </tr> 

Answer 1

The title has parse error because you did not set a title:

@{     ViewBag.Title = "Home Page"; } 

now for an else statement, don't use back the @ syntax:

@if(visible)  {     Html.TextBoxFor(bs => Model.Row_Description, new { @class = "rowdesc", size = 45 }) } else {     Html.TextBoxFor(bs => Model.Row_Description, new { @class = "rowdesc", size = 45, disabled = "disabled" }) } 

You are checking for a boolean, you just need an else. Also for else if, it works the same.

Your code could be simplified even more by just doing:

@Html.TextBoxFor(bs => Model.Row_Description, new { @class = "rowdesc", size = 45, disabled = visible ? "" : "disabled" }) 

Because you are displaying the same code anyways, just changing the attribute based on a value. To me, this becomes more readable.