It\'s possible to add a HTML title attribute to an input tag like so:
title
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Name, new { title = \"Customer name\" }) >
Ugly, but works ;-) (required field, without rendering .EditorFor content get lost during submit, even HTML comment around does not work, tested on System.Web.Mvc 5.0.0.0)
@Html.EditorFor(model => model.UserName) model.UserName)>
Original looked like: