Question

How can I generate the following input element using standard HTML helpers and Razor view engine:

<input id="Foo" name="Foo" type="text" autofocus />

Can I use the standard HTML helper or do I have to write my own?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

You can pass additional HTML attributes to the TextBoxFor method:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Foo, new { autofocus="autofocus"})

Edit:
You can get only autofocus="" with:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Foo, new { autofocus=""})

All the built in helpers are using the TagBuilder class’s MergeAttribute method internally, and it only supports attributes in the following format : key="value".
So if you need only autofocus you need to write your own helper with a custom html builder.