asp.net-mvc How to change width Html.TextBox

Question

how do you change the width of a textbox in an asp.net-mvc View

i want to have these fields side by side and the state textbox much shorter width

Answer 1

You can use the TextBox helper to add any arbitrary attibutes to your textbox. For instance:

<%= Html.TextBox( "state", null, new { size = "10" } ) %>

Will render something like: