title: creating multiline textbox using Html.Helper function
body: <p>I am trying to create a multiline Textbox using ASP.NET MVC with the following code.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;%= Html.TextBox("Body", null, new { TextBoxMode = "MultiLine", Columns = "55px", Rows = "10px" })%&gt;
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  <p>It just shows up a single line fixed sized textbox. </p>
  
  <p>on the other hand </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="Body" TextMode="MultiLine" Columns="55" Rows="10"&gt;&lt;/asp:TextBox&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>renders the right view, but in the controller's post method with formCollection named form </p>
  
  <pre><code>form["Body"]; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns a null value. </p>