Remove default ID attribute from HTML helpers in ASP.NET MVC

Question

By default, MVC\'s input html helpers generate \"id\" and \"name\" with the same value. In my case i do not need the id, and when i do, I always enter a custom value. Auto g

Answer 1

I don't believe you can override the default behavior of the HTML Helpers... but can give some bits of advice.

I'm not worried about extra "id" normally, as proper CSS structure and convention can help to prevent that. Where there can be conflict, send in a new { id = "foo", name = "foo" }.

I seriously doubt that the "id = myfield" characters are going to add up to much. If you're interested in compression, you could take a look at Combres: (http://combres.codeplex.com/).

Outside of this, the solution may be to create your own HTML helpers, which can override the basic ones, passing in your new { id = "" } (Haven't tested that.)

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

use,

Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Text).RemoveNameIdAttribute()

public static MvcHtmlString RemoveNameIdAttribute(this MvcHtmlString helper)
{
            if (helper == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException();
        var element = helper.ToString();
        var regex = new Regex("(id|name)[^'\"]*['\"][^'\"]*['\"]",RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
        return MvcHtmlString.Create(regex.Replace(element, ""));
}