@Html.TextBox

@Html.TextBox("SiD", "Special ID here", new {@class="form-control"})

What i should do to make the text "Special ID here" clear on focus please ?

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If you want to do the traditional way you cna do it this way:-

@Html.TextBox("SiD", "Special ID here", new { @class = "form-control",onfocus="if(this.value=='Special ID here') this.value='';" });

You can utilize HTML5 placeholder attribute too...

@Html.TextBox("SiD","", new { @class = "form-control", placeholder = "Special ID here" });