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Asked: 2026-05-25T19:15:00+00:00

I have the following code in my page/view: @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Name, new { maxlength

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I have the following code in my page/view:

@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Name, new { maxlength = "50", size = "50" })

The output generated is:

<input id="Name" maxlength="50" name="Name" size="50" type="text" value="" />

I am using the following doctype:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

My page is not validating using the HTML validation tool because of the closing /> of the input element. How do I get the helper to create me an input element looking like:

<input id="Name" maxlength="50" name="Name" size="50" type="text" value="">
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  1. Editorial Team

    I think that html generated by TextBoxFor helper is correct or at least can be used in any browser, but if you want to create your own helper method, you can add a extension method to the HtmlHelper. For example:

    public static class MyExtension
{
  public static MvcHtmlString MyTextBox(this HtmlHelper html, string var1, string var2)
  {
     StringBuilder tag= new StringBuilder();
     // create your tag and wrtite it in string buffer
     return MvcHtmlString.Create(tag.ToString());
  }
}
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