MVC5 and Bootstrap3: Html.EditorFor wrong class? How to change?

Question

I just noticed that MVC 5 is using a different class for input fields when using EditorFor. I think its from a lower version of bootstrap, so the current class doesn\'t really a

Answer 1

EditorFor doesn't accept HTML attributes as a parameter. The parameter you are using is actually additionalViewData

Use TextBoxFor instead

@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName, new { @class = "form-control" })

Edit

As of MVC 5.1, HTML attributes can be passed to the EditorTemplate using this syntax

@Html.EditorFor(m => m.UserName, new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })

Answer 2

If you are using the MVC 5 or prior version use @Html.TextBoxFor instead of @Html.EditorFor as given in the following code:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.CivilStatus,new { @class = "form-control" }

and if you also have to bind it knockout.js modelview attribute then:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.CivilStatus, new { data_bind="value: author.civilStatus", @class = "form-control" })

I have used this with MVC4, it's working for me:

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.FirstName, new { data_bind="value: author.firstName", @class = "form-control" })