InputExtensions.TextBoxFor(Of TModel, TProperty) Method (HtmlHelper(Of TModel), Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TProperty)), String, IDictionary(Of String, Object))

Returns a text input element.

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

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function TextBoxFor(Of TModel, TProperty) ( _
	htmlHelper As HtmlHelper(Of TModel), _
	expression As Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TProperty)), _
	format As String, _
	htmlAttributes As IDictionary(Of String, Object) _
) As MvcHtmlString
'Usage
Dim htmlHelper As HtmlHelper(Of TModel)
Dim expression As Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TProperty))
Dim format As String 
Dim htmlAttributes As IDictionary(Of String, Object)
Dim returnValue As MvcHtmlString 

returnValue = htmlHelper.TextBoxFor(expression, _
	format, htmlAttributes)

Type Parameters

TModel

The type of the model.

TProperty

The type of the value.

Parameters

htmlHelper
Type: System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper(Of TModel)

The HTML helper instance that this method extends.

expression
Type: System.Linq.Expressions.Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TProperty))

An expression that identifies the object that contains the properties to display.

format
Type: System.String

A string that is used to format the input.

htmlAttributes
Type: System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary(Of String, Object)

An object that contains the HTML attributes to set for the element.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
An input element whose type attribute is set to "text".

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper(Of TModel). When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.108).aspx or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.108).aspx.
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