How to get the HTML id generated by asp.net MVC EditorFor

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LeftyX picture LeftyX · Jan 28, 2011 · Viewed 44k times · Source

I use the HTML Helpers to render my fields:

<%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.User.Surname)%>

and the output would be something like this:

<input class="text-box single-line" id="User_Surname" 
          name="User.Surname" type="text" value="" />

The helper uses the className + '.' è fieldName to build the id.
I need to pass the id to a jQuery function. Is there a way to have it without hardcoding it? Maybe an helper which can use the ASP.NET MVC2 conventions?

Answer

bkaid picture bkaid · May 28, 2013

ASP.NET MVC 4 has Html.IdFor() built in that can return this:

@Html.IdFor(m => m.User.Surname)

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