How do I limit the length of characters in a textbox in MVC?

Question

I would like to limit a textbox to 10 characters in MVC.

<label ID="lbl2" runat="server" Width="20px"></label>
<%=Html.TextBox("polNum") %>    
<label ID="lbl1" runat="server" Width="10px"></label>

I know you can set the Max Length property in .net. How do I do that in MVC with a textbox generated this way?

Answer 1

You need to set some html properties... something like:

<%=Html.TextBox("polNum",null, new {maxlength=10}) %>   

good luck

Answer 2

Do it in plain HTML:

<%= Html.TextBox("polNum", null, new { @maxlength = "25" }) %>

(The null parameter is because you don't want a default value...)