How do I create a MVC Razor template for DisplayFor()

OK, I found it and it's actually very simple. In my Views\Shared\DisplayTemplates folder I have Reading.cshtml containing the following:

@model System.Int32
<span id="@ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName">@Model</span>

This renders the correct tag using the name of the property as the id attribute and the value of the property as the contents:

<span id="Reading">1234</span>

In the view file this can be called using the following:

@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Reading, "Reading")

Or if the model property is decorated with UIHint("Reading") then the template name can be left out of the call to DisplayFor() and it will still render using the template:

@Html.DisplayFor(model => model.Reading)

This should work equally well with custom editor templates.

I read many SO posts about defining template for @Html.DisplayFor for Boolean property but I couldn't clearly understand them. Your question is closed to this and after grasping it, I decided to add a new answer including all steps needed for implementing that. It might be helpful for other people.

1. Creating a template

At first, you need to add a Partial View in path below (the path is very important):

Views/Shared/DisplayTemplates/

For example, I created a Partial View that named _ElementTemplate and Fill it like this:

<span>
    @(@Model ? "Yes" : "No")
</span>

2. Adding UIHint to the Model

To make a connection between your property and template, you should add UIHint attribute like below in your model class:

[UIHint("_YesOrNoTemplate")]
public bool MyProperty { get; set; }

3. Using @Html.DisplayNameFor in View

In every view that you need this property, you can use code below:

<div>
    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.MyProperty)
</div>

Output

The code above is rendered to code below in my example (if (MyProperty == true)):

<div>
    <span>
        Yes
    </span>
</div>

Setting attributes

For setting id or other html attributes you can use ModelMetadata like this:

<span id="@ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName">
    @(@Model ? "Yes" : "No")
</span>

Output with attribute

<div id="MyProperty">
    <span>
        Yes
    </span>
</div>