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As you know we can set attributes to actionLink or textBox in razor views but how can we set attributes to @Html.EditorFor, I know the EditorFor is a dynamic element that can be set according to model type, but all shapes of that can get the attributes. So is there any way to set attribute to @Html.EditorFor something like this: new {@class = "myclass"} ?
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ASP.NET MVC includes the method that generates HTML input elements based on the datatype. The Html. Editor() or Html. EditorFor() extension methods generate HTML elements based on the data type of the model object's property.
EditorFor does not allow for styling as there are no parameters for additional attributes. The reason for this is because the EditorFor doesn't always generate a single element as it can be overridden. To style a specific type of element you need to use the specific editor you want to use.
Simply put, the Html. EditorFor method allows the developer to retain control over the display of form elements by data type (ie. string, boolean, int…etc) or model attribute at a global level rather than at an individual view level. This allows for cleaner ASP markup and easily scalable form controls.
Show activity on this post. TextBoxFor: It will render like text input html element corresponding to specified expression. In simple word it will always render like an input textbox irrespective datatype of the property which is getting bind with the control. EditorFor: This control is bit smart.
Try this:
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Title, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } }) The EditorFor helper renders the corresponding editor template. It could be the default template or some custom template that you wrote. This template could contain any markup. It could contain many DOM elements. So now you understand that asking for applying a class to a template doesn't make any sense. To which element on this template you want this class to be applied? For example with the TextBoxFor helper you know that it will generate a single input field, so it makes sense to talk about applying a CSS class to it (that's exactly what the htmlAttributes argument allows you to do).
This being said there are different techniques. For example one that I like very much is to write a custom data annotations model metadata provider and custom editor templates as outlined in the following blog post.
Another possibility is to customize the default templates (as shown in the Brad Wilson's blog post) and apply different HTML attributes to the corresponding input field. Let's take an example with the string.cshtml editor template:
@model string @Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, ViewData) And now when you want to render this editor template for some string property on your view model:
@Html.EditorFor(x => x.SomeStringProperty, new { @class = "myclass" }) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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