Html.TextBoxFor formatting or Html.EditorFor htmlAttributes?

Question

I am kind of stumped because, I want to format the value and add a html attribute for css class.

If I use @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.DateModified) - I can add html attribute but formatting does not work via DisplayFormat attribute on the member.

If I use @Html.EditorFor(m => m.DateModified) - Formatting works but I cannot add html attribute

If I use @Html.TextBox("DateModified", Model.DateModified, ...) - I get null reference exception when Model is null when the form is in add mode

What is the best way to achieve this?

Answer 1

I ended up solving this by creating a custom editor template for my date picker as so:

Shared/EditorTemplates/DateTime.cshtml

 @model System.DateTime? 
 @Html.TextBox("", Model.HasValue ? Model.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") : string.Empty, new { @class = "date-picker" })

Then in my original page continue to use

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.DateModified)