HTML Helpers in ASP.NET MVC5

The following table lists HtmlHelper methods and html control each method generates.

HtmlHelper	Strogly Typed HtmlHelpers	Html Control
Html.ActionLink		Anchor link
Html.TextBox	Html.TextBoxFor	Textbox
Html.TextArea	Html.TextAreaFor	TextArea
Html.CheckBox	Html.CheckBoxFor	Checkbox
Html.RadioButton	Html.RadioButtonFor	Radio button
Html.DropDownList	Html.DropDownListFor	Dropdown, combobox
Html.ListBox	Html.ListBoxFor	multi-select list box
Html.Hidden	Html.HiddenFor	Hidden field
Password	Html.PasswordFor	Password textbox
Html.Display	Html.DisplayFor	Html text
Html.Label	Html.LabelFor	Label
Html.Editor	Html.EditorFor	Generates Html controls based on data type of specified model property e.g. textbox for string property, numeric field for int, double or other numeric type.

The difference between calling the HtmlHelper methods and using html tags is that the HtmlHelper method is designed to make it easy to bind to view data or model data.

Press CTRL + Spacebar to autocomplete the Helper. 
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