--- title: "How we will generate TextArea control using HtmlHelper in razor view?" description: "How we will generate TextArea control using HtmlHelper in razor view?" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2020-02-15 updated: 2020-02-15 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155821/how-we-will-generate-textarea-control-using-htmlhelper-in-razor-view category: "asp.net mvc" tags: ["asp.net mvc"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # How we will generate TextArea control using HtmlHelper in razor view? [Briefly explain](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156854/briefly-explain-the-concept-of-constructor-overloading) to me how we can generate TextArea [control](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/197/asp-dot-net-repeater-control) using HtmlHelper in [razor view](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155827/how-we-generate-checkbox-control-using-htmlhelper-in-razor-view) with an example. ## Replies ### Reply by Nishi Tiwari This **HtmlHelper** class includes the two extension methods to generate a multiline

element in the [razor](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12002/asp-dot-net-mvc5-razor-with-jquery) [view](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84701/layoffs-in-google-india-2023-view) that is **TextArea() and TextAreaFor()** by default, it creates textarea with rows=2 and cols=20.

Now we will use the following Student model with the TextArea() and TextAreaFor() method.

## Example of Student Model

```
public class Student
{
    public int StudentId { get; set; }
    [Display(Name="Name")]
    public string StudentName { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
}
```

## TextArea()

This Html.TextArea() method creates <textarea rows="2" cols="20" > element with the specified name, the value and html attributes.

TextArea() method Signature

```
MvcHtmlString Html.TextArea(string name, string value, object htmlAttributes)
```

This TextArea() method is a loosely typed method because the name parameter is a string and the name parameter can be a property name of the model object and also it binds a specified property with the **[textarea and so it automaticall](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155820/how-to-generate-textbox-control-using-htmlhelper-in-razor-view)**y displays a value of the model property in a textarea and visa-versa.

## Example of Html.TextArea() in Razor View

```
@model Student

@Html.TextArea("Description", null, new { @class = "form-control" })
```

## Html Result:

```
<textarea class="form-control"
            id="Description"
            name="Description"
            rows="2"
            cols="20">This is value

``` In the given above example, the first parameter is the "Description" property of the Student model class which will be set as a name & id of textarea, the second parameter is a value that displays in a textarea, and the third parameter will be set as a class attribute. The HTML attributes parameter is an object type, so it can be anonymous object and attributes name will be its properties starting with @ symbol. ## Example of Html.TextArea() in Razor View ``` @Html.TextArea("myTextArea", "This is value", new { @class = "form-control" }) ``` ## Html Result: ``` ``` This above example would generate elements as shown given below. ![How we will generate TextArea control using HtmlHelper in razor view?](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickforums/c04e152b-b3be-4440-b9d3-18d3c1a181e3/images/33281f46-bc7e-49bd-92c7-3eaf9f63fc46.png) ## TextAreaFor The TextAreaFor helper method is a strongly typed extension method, it generates a multiline ``` The given above example, the first parameter in TextAreaFor() method is a lambda expression which specifies the model property to be bound with the textarea element and it generates