How to disable autocomplete in MVC Html Helper

Question

I have a typical ADO.NET EF-driven form that allows the user to input a date. I have put a jQuery datepicker on it but when the user goes to select a date the browser shows

Answer 1

Try this:

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(
    model => model.date, 
    new { @class = "aDatePicker", autocomplete = "off" }
)%>

It will generate markup that is close to the following: