HtmlHelper.GetInputTypeString Method

Returns the HTML input control type as a string.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetInputTypeString ( _
	inputType As InputType _
) As String
'Usage
Dim inputType As InputType 
Dim returnValue As String 

returnValue = HtmlHelper.GetInputTypeString(inputType)

Parameters

inputType
Type: System.Web.Mvc.InputType

The enumerated input type.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The input type string ("checkbox", "hidden", "password", "radio", or "text").

This method is used to render the form method as an XHTML attribute. Therefore, it returns a lowercase string.

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