ASP.NET MVC 3: Override "name" attribute with TextBoxFor

c# asp.net-mvc-3 razor html-helper
Rob Stevenson-Leggett picture Rob Stevenson-Leggett · May 19, 2011 · Viewed 73.8k times · Source

Is it possible when using Html.TextBoxFor to override the name attribute?

I have tried with no success. I need to use TextBoxFor to get client side validation to work, however for reasons I won't go into I need the name of the textbox to be different from the generated one.

I have tried the following: 

@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Data, new { name = Model.Key + "_Data", id = Model.Key + "_Data" })

Which works for ID but not name. Is this possible?

Update: Looking into the code for TextBoxFor. It doesn't look like there is an easy way. Hopefully someone can prove me wrong.

Answer

anar khalilov picture anar khalilov · Jul 14, 2013

Rob, actually there is a much simpler way. Instead of name, use Name:

@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Data, new { Name = Model.Key + "_Data", id = Model.Key + "_Data" })

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