mvc3 maxLength input

Question

this may be kind of general but i want to limit the number of character inpit in an editorfor field.

@html.EditorFor(m=>m.id,new {@maxlength="10"})

This does not seem to work.

Andrew · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-29T07:15:51.123

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Try changing it to

@Html.TextBoxFor(m=> m.id,  new { maxlength="10" });

EditorFor uses the templates, which you can override yourself. I don't think they take into account the attributes you pass in like this. The TextBoxFox<> generates it in code, and should work fine.

edited May 29 '12 at 07:15

answered May 29 '12 at 06:44

Andrew

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And what if we need to combine. I must use editor for watermarks, and still need maxlength. here is my editor code `@Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, new { placeholder = ViewData.ModelMetadata.Watermark })` how can I get "max" from metadata? – Pawel Cioch Jul 25 '14 at 21:54
You have to write your own metadata provider (possibly) and a custom helper that adds to HtmlOptions before rendering (a simple wrapper basically). – Andrew Jul 28 '14 at 01:44

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 21 '15 at 16:14

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I was able to get it working in IE11 using the EditorFor and using multiple attributes.

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.CourseNumber, new { htmlAttributes = new { @style = "width:100px", @maxlength="10" } })

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answered Oct 21 '15 at 15:52

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Upvoting because this worked for me: `@Html.EditorFor(model => model.CourseNumber, new { htmlAttributes = new { maxlength=10 } })` – Reyhn Mar 22 '16 at 10:01

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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In MVC3, this is better:

[StringLength(10, ErrorMessage = "Name cannot be longer than 10 characters.")]
public string Name { get; set; }

Specifies the minimum and maximum length of characters that are allowed in a data field. as in this https://stackoverflow.com/a/6802739/2127493

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Jan 03 '15 at 05:51

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That did not work for me, neither `MaxLength` nor `StringLength` added the attribute `maxlength`, instead I only got `data-val-length-max` and `data-val-maxlength-max`. – MushyPeas Dec 20 '16 at 14:12
StringLength and MaxLength (DataAnnotation) are for jquery validate and needs javascript. – bang Mar 17 '20 at 12:52

mvc3 maxLength input

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