How can I retrieve element Id for Strolngly typed ASP.NET MVC HTML helper?

Question

Hi In my View I'm using jquery ui datapicker. So I need initiate it with code like this

$(function() {
        $('#elementID').datepicker({
        });
});
    

In my View

     <%= Html.TextBoxFor(m=>m.StartDate) %>
    

In old ASP.NET I may use

    tb_startDate.ClientID
    

What is about retrieving element Id of Strongly Typed ASP.NET MVC HTML Helper? Is is possible?

Answer 1

There is no way of receiving the id of the textbox once it has been rendered (as it just outputs plain text).

You can, however use another approach where you set the class and use a standard ".class-jquery selector".

Like so:

<%= Html.TextBoxFor(m=>m.StartDate, new { @class = "startDate" }) %>

and:

$('input.startDate').datepicker();