What would be the type of item in MVC4 WebGrid - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I am using webgrid to displat list of records.
My view is tightly coupled with IEnumerable.
#model IEnumerable<Models.SitesConfig.Configuration>
I am binding webgrid with Model.
var grid = new WebGrid(Model, rowsPerPage: 50);
I am trying to format a column using #helper method. #helper method taking a parametr of type Models.SitesConfig.Configuration.
When I try to load the view, I am getting invalid arguments error.
This is my view.
#model IEnumerable<Models.SitesConfig.SiteConfiguration>
#section Styles {
<link href="#Url.Content("~/Content/SatelliteSite.css")" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
}
#{
ViewBag.Title = "List of Satellite Sites";
}
#helper FormatTemplateColors(Models.SitesConfig.SiteConfiguration item)
{
#String.Format(
"Border: {0} <br/>Link: {1} <br/>Text: {2}",
item.BorderColor != null ? item.BorderColor.Name : string.Empty,
item.LinkColor != null ? item.LinkColor.Name : string.Empty,
item.TextColor != null ? item.TextColor.Name : string.Empty)
}
#{
var grid = new WebGrid(Model, rowsPerPage: 50);
}
<div>
#grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(
grid.Column("Template",
style: "color-column-width",
format:(item) => #FormatTemplateColors(item)
)
)
</div>
Can somebody help me on this.

Answer 1

In the format lambda the item parameter is an instance of the WebGridRow class (in a form of dynamic) where the Value property holds the actual item.
So you need to write:
format:(item) => #FormatTemplateColors(item.Value)
SideNote if you wan't to output html you need to use the Html.Raw helper. So modify your helper to:
#helper FormatTemplateColors(Models.SitesConfig.SiteConfiguration item)
{
#Html.Raw(String.Format(...
}