RTE - Model.Value<IHtmlContent>("bodyText") outputs nothing

[cheeseytoastie]

Which Umbraco version are you using? (Please write the exact version, example: 10.1.0)

15.2.3

Bug summary

Testing out V15 - decided to follow the documentation. So I've not setup models builder / typed doc types - just creating a basic site and playing along like a new user would.

To render a RTE I can just use
@Model.Value("bodyText")

This works - but my instinct is to be specific and typeset
https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/design/rendering-content#specifying-types-of-data

Says this should be:
<div>@(Model.Value<IHtmlContent>("bodyText"))</div>

However that doesn't render any text. I've found that HtmlEncodedString works:
@(Model.Value<Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings.HtmlEncodedString>("bodyText"))

• is the documentation wrong and needs updating or is this a bug?

NOTE - I've tested with both TipTap and Tiny - same result.

Specifics

No response

Steps to reproduce

Create a doc type - add a RTE property. Try to render with type according to the documentation
https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/design/rendering-content#specifying-types-of-data

Expected result / actual result

Expected all three razor tags to output the rich text.

RESULT:
Only a non type set and using the Umbraco HtmlEncodedString works.

Not sure if it's just an error in the documentation or a bug?

[github-actions]

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[AndyButland]

It looks like this is some outdated documentation @cheeseytoastie. Tracing through I can see the concrete type you have used is what is the underlying value here, or if you preferred you could use this interface:

@(Model.Value<Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings.IHtmlEncodedString>("bodyText"))

Despite the similar name, IHtmlEncodedString is not related at a type level to IHtmlContent.

I'll close this and create a PR for the docs to fix this inaccurate information.

[cheeseytoastie]

Great - feel like I was being picky but if this was a new dev's first roadblock to the CMS it might feel jarring.

[AndyButland]

I agree. As far as I can tell this was updated back in Umbraco 9 so definitely worth getting right in the docs. PR for the update is here: umbraco/UmbracoDocs#6953