asp.net - How can I use HTML5 email input type with server-side .NET

Question

As I understand it, the <input type=email> element in HTML5 will render as a simple text field in browsers that do not support the tag. On other browsers it will render properly, like on the iPhone it will bring up the e-mail keyboard layout.

I’d like to use this in a project but my input fields are <asp:TextBox> controls. How can I use the HTML5 element but still access its data server-side like the rest of my fields?

Answer 1

There is an update for .NET framework 4 which allows you to specify the type attribute

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2468871.

See feature 3 way down the page

Feature 3

New syntax lets you define a TextBox control that is HTML5 compatible. For example, the following code defines a TextBox control that is HTML5 compatible:

<asp:TextBox runat="server" type="some-HTML5-type" />