MVC and EditorFor width

c# asp.net-mvc-2 editorfor
Craig picture Craig · Jan 18, 2011 · Viewed 62.7k times · Source

Can I set the width of an EditorFor control on my View?

I have set a few parameters:

[Required, DisplayName("Payee Name"), StringLength(50)]
public string Name { get; set; }

However, I can't seem to set the width of the textbox that gets rendered.

<table width="300" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
        <td>
            <%=Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)%>
        </td>
        <td>
            <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Name)%>
        </td>
    </tr>

Can this be done somehow?

I tried:

<%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Name, new {width=50)%>

But no joy...

Answer

Michael Maddox picture Michael Maddox · Jul 5, 2011

Instead of EditorFor, use TextBoxFor:

<%=Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name, new {style = "width:50px"})%>

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