ASP.Net mvc form throws my CSS away

Question

not finding anything like this on google... so I need some help.

When I have css formatting to make my form the way I want it, it will appear fine on my page, no problem there.

But...

When I put the actual form inside the following... it loses css formatting.

@using (Html.BeginForm()) 
{
    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()
    @Html.ValidationSummary()

    <FORM HTML HERE>
}

Anyone maybe have any idea what is wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

HTML :

  <form class="form-signin">
    <h2 class="form-signin-heading">Please sign in</h2>
    <input type="text" class="input-block-level" placeholder="Email address">
    <input type="password" class="input-block-level" placeholder="Password">
    <label class="checkbox">
      <input type="checkbox" value="remember-me"> Remember me
    </label>
    <button class="btn btn-large btn-primary" type="submit">Sign in</button>
  </form>

CSS :

.form-signin {
    max-width: 300px;
    padding: 19px 29px 29px;
    margin: 0 auto 20px;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
       -moz-border-radius: 5px;
            border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
       -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
            box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.05);
  }
  .form-signin .form-signin-heading,
  .form-signin .checkbox {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
  }
  .form-signin input[type="text"],
  .form-signin input[type="password"] {
    font-size: 16px;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    padding: 7px 9px;
  }

Post short-but complete HTML output showing your hand-coded HTML and the HTML generated by your example code. — Eric J.
– Eric J., Commented Nov 12, 2012 at 0:48
Added, I gotta grab a train here, so it may be a while before I get to check back, but I really appreciate the help! — Slippy
– Slippy, Commented Nov 12, 2012 at 1:12

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:30:31Z

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@using (Html.BeginForm()) renders as a <form> element.

So, since you are trying to nest a form within a form, the second <form> is ignored by the browser (see this post : https://stackoverflow.com/a/555970/971693).

You will have to pass your class when you create the form :

@Html.BeginForm({Action}, {controler}, FormMethod.Post, new { @class = "Class" })

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:30

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answered Nov 12, 2012 at 1:23

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3 Comments

Slippy Over a year ago

Thankyou, it will be about 8 hours before I make it back home... I wll definitelgive this a try when I get home.

Slippy Over a year ago

Thanks! Worked like a charm! :)

Slippy Over a year ago

Sorry for the late marking of this, I hadn't realized it wasn't marked!

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