MVC 4 string.cshtml override

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In order to get placeholder or maxLength or other Html attributes to work with the Html.EditorFor methods, you need to create an override file in Views\Shared\EditorTemplates\string.cshtml.

@{
    // make placeholder work
    // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5824124/html5-placeholders-with-net-mvc-3-razor-editorfor-extension
    // from [Display(Prompt =
    IDictionary<string, object> attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ViewData.ModelMetadata.Watermark))
    {
        attributes.Add("placeholder", ViewData.ModelMetadata.Watermark);
    }

    // http://setiabud.blogspot.com/2010/08/stringlength-validator-into-maxlength.html
    IEnumerable<ModelValidator> validators = ModelValidatorProviders.Providers.GetValidators(ViewData.ModelMetadata, ViewContext);
    ModelClientValidationRule stringLengthRule = validators.SelectMany(v => v.GetClientValidationRules()).FirstOrDefault(m => m.ValidationType == "length");
    if (stringLengthRule != null && stringLengthRule.ValidationParameters.ContainsKey("max"))
    {
        attributes.Add("maxlength", stringLengthRule.ValidationParameters["max"]);
    }

        // this approach would grab it from the  @Html.EditorFor(model => model.FirstName, new { MaxLength = 10})
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1625327/editorfor-and-html-properties
        // if (ViewData["maxLength"] != null)
        // {
        //    attributes.Add("maxLength", (int)ViewData["maxLength"]);
        // }
}
<span>
    @Html.TextBox("", ViewData.TemplateInfo.FormattedModelValue, attributes)
</span>