Html.EditorFor Set Default Value

Question

Rookie question. I have a parameter being passed to a create view. I need to set a field name with a default value. @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Id) I need to set this in

Answer 1

Its not right to set default value in View. The View should perform display work, not more. This action breaks ideology of MVC pattern. So the right place to set defaults - create method of controller class.