HTML.EditorFor not allowing user defined attribute?

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I am trying to implement auto complete textbox using MVC 4 Razor View. so i need to include include on attribute(data-otf-autocomplete) to the HTML.EditorFor control but it is showing error not allowing to add new attribute ?

Showing Error at :

 @Html.EditorFor(model => model.Subjects.Name, new { @data-otf-autocomplete="@Url.Action('Autocomplete_Subject')" });

Note: I can not edit/ change attribute name because that attribute is generated by 3rd party which was included in DLL component.

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sridharnetha · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-18 11:04:27Z

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As per Adrian Thompson Phillips suggestions I have used and Underscores instead of dashes. @Html.EditorFor was not suggest for Autocomplete Text, so I used @Html.TextBoxFor instead of @Html.EditorFor.

It Works for me!

Use Underscores instead of Dashes
Use @Html.TextBoxFor instead of @Html.EditorFor

@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.Subjects.Name, new { @data_otf_autocomplete = @Url.Action("Autocomplete_Subject") });

answered Nov 18, 2013 at 11:04

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Adrian Thompson Phillips · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-18 10:47:17Z

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MVC has a convention for working around this, simply use underscores instead of dashes and it will get converted back to dashes as MVC serves the page:

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Subjects.Name, new { data_otf_autocomplete = Url.Action("Autocomplete_Subject") })

answered Nov 18, 2013 at 10:47

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sridharnetha Over a year ago

Adrian Thompson Phillips, data-otf-autocomplete was jquery UI plugin and it is included in DLL, I can't modify the attribute name, please let me know is there any alternate way to use dashes in MVC controls ?

Adrian Thompson Phillips Over a year ago

That's no problem, see my answer above, although you've used underscores '_', when you look at the HTML it outputs, it'll render as data-oft-autocomplete and should work fine with your jQuery UI plugin.

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