Question

Rookie question.
I have a parameter being passed to a create view. I need to set a field name with a default value.
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Id)
I need to set this input field with name Id with a default value that is being passed to the view via an actionlink.

So, how can this input field –@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Id) — get set with a default value.

Would the following work?? Where the number 5 is a parameter I pass into the text field to set default value.

@Html.EditorFor(c => c.PropertyName, new { text = "5"; })

Answer 1

The clean way to do so is to pass a new instance of the created entity through the controller:

//GET
public ActionResult CreateNewMyEntity(string default_value)
{
    MyEntity newMyEntity = new MyEntity();
    newMyEntity._propertyValue = default_value;

    return View(newMyEntity);
}

If you want to pass the default value through ActionLink

@Html.ActionLink("Create New", "CreateNewMyEntity", new { default_value = "5" })