How to set a default value with Html.TextBoxFor?

Question

Simple question, if you use the Html Helper from ASP.NET MVC Framework 1 it is easy to set a default value on a textbox because there is an overload Html.TextBox(strin

Answer 1

Here's how I solved it. This works if you also use this for editing.

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Age, new { Value = Model.Age.ToString() ?? "0" })