How to make Html.DisplayFor display line breaks?

A HtmlHelper extension method to display string values with line breaks:

public static MvcHtmlString DisplayWithBreaksFor<TModel, TValue>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> html, Expression<Func<TModel, TValue>> expression)
{
    var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, html.ViewData);
    var model = html.Encode(metadata.Model).Replace("\r\n", "<br />\r\n");

    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(model))
        return MvcHtmlString.Empty;

    return MvcHtmlString.Create(model);
}

And then you can use the following syntax:

@Html.DisplayWithBreaksFor(m => m.MultiLineField)

i recommend formatting the output with css instead of using cpu consuming server side strings manipulation like .replace,

just add this style property to render multiline texts :

.multiline
{
   white-space: pre-wrap;
}

then

<div class="multiline">
  my
  multiline
  text
</div>

newlines will render like br elements, test it here https://snippet.run/xaf4