type=text not set..

[Drew Greenwell]

the type attribute of the text input on this control is not set to 'text' as it should be.

This must be added to create output consistent with every other control on the internet.
.InputHtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:100%", type="text" })

Thanks

[Dimo]

Hello Drew,

type="text" is not mandatory and is inferred.

Best wishes,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Drew Greenwell]

Leaving an input's type inferred === inconsistent output and poor practice on the part of the developer plain and simple.  It causes the user to have to apply a class or id to every text element.. On an Editor template the problem is exacerbated 10 fold..  input[type=text] becomes useless and every case needs special treatment.
I'm not asking for the world, just letting you guys know that what you're doing is against the norm and causes developer headaches, i.e. breaks code that previously called input[type=text]. Very counter intuitive to what my team and I would expect from you guys..

Thanks

[Dimo]

There is no problem to add this attribute and we will do it. However, can you please specify which norm exactly do we violate?

Regards,
Dimo
the Telerik team

[Drew Greenwell]

Thanks,
The 'norm' is what user's(aka developers) expect based on the tools and patterns out on the internet today.
asp:texbox output = <input id="blah" type="text" name="blah">
@Html.TextBox output = <input type="text" value="" name="blah" id="blah" data-val-required="blah is required" data-val="true" class="text-box single-line">
Dreamweaver insert->form->text output: <input type="text" name="blah" id="blah" />
Expression Web 4 toolbox output: <input name="Text1" type="text" />

In additon, pull up Google.com, Bing.com, Microsoft.com, Facebook.com and pick ANY textbox.. These are the norms I speak of ;)

[Drew Greenwell]

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