Is it possible to set type of input generated by TextBoxFor

Question

I am using ASP.NET MVC 3 TextBoxFor in a form and would like to use type=\"email\" for easier input for at least some mobile devices but cannot find how to set it using TextBoxF

Answer 1

Try to use

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email, new { @type = "email" })

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee703538.aspx (htmlAttributes)