Differences between Html.TextboxFor and Html.EditorFor in MVC and Razor

Question

Why by default were these changed when adding a new \"edit\" view? What are advantages when using EditorFor() vs. TextboxFor()?

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Answer 1

The Html.TextboxFor always creates a textbox ().

While the EditorFor looks at the type and meta information, and can render another control or a template you supply.

For example for DateTime properties you can create a template that uses the jQuery DatePicker.