asp.net - How do I apply date formatting and add attributes to a textbox in MVC3? -

in application, want dates display in mm/dd/yyyy format , want text box limited 10 characters , have class applied it.

to end, made custom editor template date looks this:

@modeltype system.nullable(of datetime)  @html.textboxfor(function(d) d, new {.class="polkdate", .maxlength="10"}) 

then in view can call @html.editorfor(function(m) m.somedate) , works pretty well. however, because i'm using textboxfor, doesn't respect displayformat attribute that's applied model class (i.e. it's spitting out time instead of formatting date).

i love use editorfor respect formatting want, can't add attributes class , maxlength. tried using plain old textbox helper, don't know how make generate correct id model binding still works.

anybody know way make happen? don't feel want here outlandish.

this appears trick:

@modeltype date  @if date.minvalue.equals(model)     @html.textbox("", nothing, new {.class="polkdate", .maxlength="10"}) else     @html.textbox("", model.toshortdatestring(), new {.class="polkdate", .maxlength="10"}) end if 

looks framework automatically assigns id , name fields of html input tag works properly.