InputExtensions.TextBox Method (HtmlHelper, String, Object, String, Object)

Returns a text input element.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc.Html
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function TextBox ( _
    htmlHelper As HtmlHelper, _
    name As String, _
    value As Object, _
    format As String, _
    htmlAttributes As Object _
) As MvcHtmlString
'Usage
Dim htmlHelper As HtmlHelper 
Dim name As String 
Dim value As Object 
Dim format As String 
Dim htmlAttributes As Object 
Dim returnValue As MvcHtmlString 

returnValue = htmlHelper.TextBox(name, _
    value, format, htmlAttributes)
public static MvcHtmlString TextBox(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string name,
    Object value,
    string format,
    Object htmlAttributes
)
[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
static MvcHtmlString^ TextBox(
    HtmlHelper^ htmlHelper, 
    String^ name, 
    Object^ value, 
    String^ format, 
    Object^ htmlAttributes
)
static member TextBox : 
        htmlHelper:HtmlHelper * 
        name:string * 
        value:Object * 
        format:string * 
        htmlAttributes:Object -> MvcHtmlString
public static function TextBox(
    htmlHelper : HtmlHelper, 
    name : String, 
    value : Object, 
    format : String, 
    htmlAttributes : Object
) : MvcHtmlString

Parameters

  • value
    Type: System.Object

    The value of the text input element. If this value is null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the value of the element is retrieved from the ViewDataDictionary object. If no value exists there, the value is retrieved from the ModelStateDictionary object.

  • format
    Type: System.String

    A string that is used to format the input.

  • htmlAttributes
    Type: System.Object

    An object that contains the HTML attributes to set for the element.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
An input element whose type attribute is set to "text".

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.108) or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.108).

See Also

Reference

InputExtensions Class

TextBox Overload

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace