Add css class to Html.EditorFor in MVC 2

Question

I\'m trying to add a css class to a textbox. This is what I have in my view:

<%: Html.EditorFor(m => m.StartDate) %>

I tried follo

Answer 1

Ideally, you should use the Editor Templates. I got around this issue by using the Editor Template inside the MvcHtmlString.Create() which will let you rebuild the actual HTML code. Of course, you'll want to copy everything in the "class" section to keep the Editor Template as useful as possible.

I tried many of the suggestions above, but eventually, I settled on this, because I think it's less complicated and it lets me continue using Editor Templates:

@MvcHtmlString.Create(Html.EditorFor(m => m.StartDate).ToString().Replace("class=\"text-box single-line\"", "class=\"text-box single-line datepicker\""))