An HtmlHelper is a method that renders HTML content inside a view. It is intended to allow developers to reuse a common block of HTML markup across multiple pages.
ASP.NET MVC provides a range of standard, out-of-the-box HTML Helpers. For example, to produce the HTML for a textbox with an ID and name attribute of CustomerName, use the following code:
<input type="text" name="CustomerName" id="CustomerName">
You should use the TextBox helper as illustrated:
@Html.TextBox("CustomerName")
The majority of the built-in HTML Helpers offer several overloaded versions. For instance, to create a textbox and explicitly set its name and value attributes, you should use the following overloaded TextBox helper method:
@Html.TextBox("CustomerName"","Northwind Traders")
Most built-in helpers also offer the option to specify HTML attributes for the element that is generated by passing in an anonymous type. In the following example, we'll create a textbox and set its style property...