I have a dropdownlist with values -1,1,2 and text A,B,C i wanna set B as selectedValue by default when the page is loaded.
Something which can be done at the Page Level i.e in aspx or ascx.
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A:
You need to specify "selected" attribute of html "select" tag.
One option is - render select tag on your own.
Second - make sure that you form correct SelectItemList ('datasource' for your dropdownlist) - it must contain one item with .Selected=true.
Arnis L.
2009-09-07 09:17:05
yes the second one,which i am unable to set even though i store it as SelectList(collection,"ID","Name",1) in the viewdata and bring it back in the view page it shows me the 0 element instead of 1st element.
2009-09-08 14:40:37
Is value of item with index 1 equals with 1? Check out this for more details - http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2009/08/10/how-to-create-a-dropdownlist-with-asp.net-mvc.aspx
Arnis L.
2009-09-08 15:28:03
I got 3 different dropdown list and for one of them its setting the selectedvalue for others its not. what could be the problem ??
2009-09-13 13:54:27
A:
Haven't checked for syntax but you can do something like this in your get controller...
ViewData[ddlItems] = new SelectList(new List<string>() { "1", "1", "2", "A", "B", "C"}, "B");
And in your view...
<%= Html.DropDownList("ddlItems", (SelectList)ViewData[ddlItems], String.Empty, null)%>
RailRhoad
2009-09-09 14:47:36