ASP.NET Core TextBox Overview

The Telerik UI TextBox TagHelper and HtmlHelper for ASP.NET Core are server-side wrappers for the Kendo UI TextBox widget.

The TextBox provides a set of default API configuration options that can be set during its initialization such as value, placeholder, and so on.

• Demo page for the TextBox HtmlHelper

• Demo page for the TextBox TagHelper

Basic Configuration

The following example demonstrates the basic configuration for the TextBox.

Razor

	@(Html.Kendo().TextBox()
		.Name("textbox") // The name of the TextBox is mandatory. It specifies the "id" attribute of the TextBox.
		.Value("John Doe") // Set the value of the TextBox.
	)

Razor

    <kendo-textbox name="textbox"
               value="John Doe">
    </kendo-textbox>

Starting with the 2024 Q3 release, the HtmlHelper version of the component supports declarative initialization.

Functionality and Features

• Appearance—The TextBox comes with built-in styling options that allow you to customize the appearance of the component.
• Labels—You can associate the TextBox with a label.
• Accessibility—The TextBox is accessible by screen readers and provides WAI-ARIA, Section 508, WCAG 2.2, and keyboard support.
• RTL support—You can use the Right-to-left (RTL) support of the TextBox to render its content for right-to-left languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, or Japanese.
• Events—The TextBox emits multiple events that you can handle and control the behavior of the component.

To learn more about the appearance, anatomy, and accessibility of the TextBox, visit the Progress Design System documentation—an information portal offering rich component usage guidelines, descriptions of the available style variables, and globalization support details.

Next Steps

• Getting Started with the TextBox

• Basic Usage of the TextBox HtmlHelper for ASP.NET Core (Demo)

• Basic Usage of the TextBox TagHelper for ASP.NET Core (Demo)

See Also

• Using the API of the TextBox for ASP.NET Core (Demo)
• Knowledge Base Section