How to create a readonly text using html helper in asp.net mvc?

Question

I want to disable a textbox in the view. So I use following code:

<%= Html.TextBox(\"ID\", Model.ID, new { readonly=\"true\" })%>

or

Answer 1

Keep in mind a disabled TextBox will not be submitted with a html form, but a readonly TextBox will.

MVC3 documentation shows the signature as Html.TextBox(string name, object value, object htmlAttributes) used above.

Answer 2

If you are not forced to show a readonly textbox in your web page, consider using the @Html.DisplayFor helper: your output will be readonly (actually it will be just a text in a div) and will be part of the Model when the engine will model bind on submit.

Answer 3

Try

<%= Html.TextBox("ID", Model.ID, null, new { @readonly="true" })%>

instead of

<%= Html.TextBox("ID", Model.ID, new { @readonly="true" })%>

If you check the documentation, you can see that the third parameter is not htmlAttributes, as you probably expected.

You need to use the overload with four parameters.

Answer 4

Try

<%= Html.TextBox("ID", Model.ID, new { @readonly="readonly" })%>

I'm not sure you have to use the overload with 4 parameters. You should be able to use the one with 3, but you need to append @ to the readonly since readonly is a keyword in C#. And setting @readonly to readonly is XHTML compliant.

Answer 5

Taking advantage of the more up to date API you can use:

Web Forms Engine:

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.ID, new { @readonly = "readonly" }) %>

Razor Engine:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.ID, new { @readonly = "readonly" })

Cheers.

Answer 6

Or this:

<%= Html.TextBox("ID", Model.ID, new { @disabled="true" })%>