DisplayFormat for TextBoxFor in MVC

Question

I need to round off 4 digit decimal to 2 digits and show in MVC 3 UI

Something like this 58.8964 to 58.90

Tried following this How should I

Answer 1

You should use Html.EditorFor instead of Html.TextBoxFor if you want the custom format to be taken into account:

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.TotalAmount)

Also make sure that you have set ApplyFormatInEditMode to true:

[DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:F2}", ApplyFormatInEditMode = true)]
public decimal? TotalAmount { get; set; }

The DisplayFormat attribute is intended to be used only with templated helpers such as EditorFor and DisplayFor. This is the recommended approach instead of using TextBoxFor.