Asp.Net MVC – Nicer display for boolean values

How can we get Asp.Net MVC to display boolean values better?

Lets have a simple model:

public class Options
{
    [Display(Name = "Flux")]
    public bool EnableFlux { get; set; }

    [Display(Name = "Advanced Options")]
    public bool ShowAdvancedOptions { get; set; }

    [Display(Name = "Do you eat well?")]
    public bool UserEatsWell { get; set; }
}

The default display template isn’t great – it just displays disabled checkboxes:

<h4>Display:</h4>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.ShowAdvancedOptions)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.ShowAdvancedOptions)

@Html.LabelFor(m => m.EnableFlux)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.EnableFlux)

@Html.LabelFor(m => m.UserEatsWell)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.UserEatsWell)

The result isn’t too pretty:

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