Question

I have the following defined:

public class Menu
{
    [DisplayName("Control")]
    public int Control { get; set; }

Using it like this:

  @Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Control, new { id = "control" })

Is it possible for me to specify a range for the order? I would like the order to be a
number between 0 and 999.

Also is it possible for me to make the textbox that gets created just have space for three
characters?

Answer 1

Is it possible for me to specify a range for the order? I would like the order to be a number between 0 and 999. 

use RangeAttribute

[DisplayName("Control")]
[Range(0, 99, ErrorMessage = "{0} must be between {1} and {2}")]
public int Control { get; set; }

For the second question

Also is it possible for me to make the textbox that gets created just have space for three characters?

use StringLengthAttribute

[StringLength(3, ErrorMessage="{0} must be {1} characters"]
[DisplayName("Control")]
[Range(0, 99, ErrorMessage = "{0} must be between {1} and {2}")]
public int Control { get; set; }

You can also specify a minumun chars length if you want

[StringLength(10, minimumLength=5, ErrorMessage="{0} must be between {1} and {2} characters"]
public int Control { get; set; }