ASP.NET MVC: set custom name to rendered html element

Question

I generate html textbox in this way:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Category) %>

ASP.NET MVC render html:

<input type="text" value="" name="Category" id="Category">

Is there is a way to set manually name of the textbox not eqaul to property "Category", but something else?

Thanks.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01 07:20:58Z

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<%: Html.TextBox("someOtherName") %>

answered Dec 1, 2010 at 7:20

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Kai Over a year ago

Why Html.TextBoxFor doesn't offer this overload?

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

Because Html.TextBoxFor is supposed to generate input fields with proper names according to your view models so that when you submit the form to the server it automatically binds the values. Doing it manually is wrong and might not work. For example if you had complex properties, lists and dictionaries the strongly typed helper will do the job of generating correct names.

suhair · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01 07:26:53Z

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You have to change the default editor template or add a new template for this. You can refer this blog post from Brad Wilson for some insight.

answered Dec 1, 2010 at 7:26

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