These helpers are used to render the most common types of HTML elements like as HTML text boxes, checkboxes etc. A list of most common standard html helpers is given below:
| HTML Element | Example |
|---|---|
| TextBox | @Html.TextBox(“Textbox1”, “val”) Output: <input id=”Textbox1″ name=”Textbox1″ type=”text” value=”val” /> |
| TextArea | @Html.TextArea(“Textarea1”, “val”, 5, 15, null) Output: <textarea cols=”15″ id=”Textarea1″ name=”Textarea1″ rows=”5″>val</textarea> |
| Password | @Html.Password(“Password1”, “val”) Output: <input id=”Password1″ name=”Password1″ type=”password” value=”val” /> |
| Hidden Field | @Html.Hidden(“Hidden1”, “val”) Output: <input id=”Hidden1″ name=”Hidden1″ type=”hidden” value=”val” /> |
| CheckBox | @Html.CheckBox(“Checkbox1″, false) Output: <input id=”Checkbox1″ name=”Checkbox1″ type=”checkbox” value=”true” /> <input name=”myCheckbox” type=”hidden” value=”false” /> |
| RadioButton | @Html.RadioButton(“Radiobutton1”, “val”, true) Output: <input checked=”checked” id=”Radiobutton1″ name=”Radiobutton1″ type=”radio” value=”val” /> |
| Drop-down list | @Html.DropDownList (“DropDownList1”, new SelectList(new [] {“Male”, “Female”})) Output: <select id=”DropDownList1″ name=”DropDownList1″> <option>M</option> <option>F</option> </select> |
| Multiple-select | Html.ListBox(“ListBox1”, new MultiSelectList(new [] {“Cricket”, “Chess”})) Output: <select id=”ListBox1″ multiple=”multiple” name=”ListBox1″> <option>Cricket</option> <option>Chess</option> </select> |