Html.TextboxFor default value for Integer/Decimal to be Empty instead of 0

Question

I am using the default asp.net MVC 2 syntax to construct TextBox\'s which are integer or decimal for my asp.net MVC web app:

<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model =&g         


        

Answer 1

An alternative solution is to use jQuery to replace zeros with empty string when the page loads. Choose any name to use as a class name for all input fields which should be populated with empty string instead of zero. For example non-zero-num.

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.InterestRate, new { @class = "non-zero-num" }) 

And add the following script on your page: