ASP.NET MVC5 Font-awesome in placeholder

Question

I am trying to add an font-awesome icon to my placeholder for the login page. This is what I have so far. I can\'t figure out how to get a font-awesome icon inside

Answer 1

Try the following:

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName, new { @class = "form-control login-input", placeholder = "Username or Email"})

.login-input::-webkit-input-placeholder::before { font-family: fontAwesome; content:'\f007  '; color: #69f }