title: Tag helper to display a value in an input box using asp.net
body: <p>I am using asp.net core razor engine entity framework.  I am trying to get my input box to have a default value that says "Enter value here".<br>
  In my .cshtml file I have a from</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model login.Models.Auction
  &lt;form asp-controller="NewAuction" asp-action="New" method="post" role="form"&gt; 
          &lt;input asp-for="Bid" value = "Enter value here"/&gt;
          &lt;button type="submit"&gt;Bid&lt;/button&gt;
  &lt;/form&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code for my Model.Auction.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    [Range(1,int.MaxValue)]
      [Display(Name = "Enter value here")]
      public int Bid { get; set; }
  </code></pre>