Bootstrap 5 - Floating Labels with Razor syntax - html

Question

Hopefully this is an easy one...
I am having an issue with Bootstrap 5 floating labels not working when I create HTML elements using Razor syntax.
If I use plain HTML they work as expected. Using razor the labels are appearing in the state you'd expect if the text box has focus (top left of input)
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Recipient, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control", #onchange = "javascript: Changed( this, 'recipient-name' );" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Recipient, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Recipient)
</div>
Here is an image of the above on load -
Code output in UI
Has anyone had this issue, know a way to get around it or spot what I am doing wrong? (I need the input tag to be populated from the model as the form can be used to create a new request or update and existing request)
Thanks

Answer 1

Do you want something like below?
<div class="form-floating">
<input asp-for="Recipient" class="form-control" />
<label asp-for="Recipient"></label>
<span asp-validation-for="Recipient" class="text-danger"></span>
</div>

Answer 2

Thanks but I figured out what I was doing wrong. The issue was simple...
ISSUE - There was no placeholder tag which this animation relies on.
RESOLUTION - Add #placeholder = "Recipient Name"
To provide a bit more info the text input looks different when in focus/not focused. This was the issue.
It should have looked like this when not focused - Not Focused
But it was looking like this - Focused
The code that fixed the issue is
<div class="form-floating mb-3">
#Html.EditorFor(model => model.Recipient, new { htmlAttributes = new { #class = "form-control", #onchange = "javascript: Changed( this, 'recipient-name' );", #placeholder = "Recipient Name" } })
#Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Recipient, "", new { #class = "text-danger" })
#Html.LabelFor(model => model.Recipient)
</div>