EditorFor() and html properties

I solved this by creating an EditorTemplate named String.ascx in my /Views/Shared/EditorTemplates folder:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<string>" %>
<% int size = 10;
   int maxLength = 100;
   if (ViewData["size"] != null)
   {
       size = (int)ViewData["size"];
   }
   if (ViewData["maxLength"] != null)
   {
       maxLength = (int)ViewData["maxLength"];
   }
%>
<%= Html.TextBox("", Model, new { Size=size, MaxLength=maxLength }) %>

In my view, I use

<%= Html.EditorFor(model => model.SomeStringToBeEdited, new { size = 15, maxLength = 10 }) %>

Works like a charm for me!

In MVC3, you can set width as follows:

@Html.TextBoxFor(c => c.PropertyName, new { style = "width: 500px;" })