MVC 4 - dropdownlist selected value

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Anyone could explain me how to set selctedvalue for a dropdownlist in MVC 4. Below is my dropdownlist.

C#

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Role,
               new List<SelectListItem>
               {
                   new SelectListItem { Text = "Engineer", Value = "1"},
                   new SelectListItem { Text = "Librarian", Value = "2"},
                   new SelectListItem { Text = "Admin", Value = "3"}
               }
              )

This is my edit page, i need to default the selected role when page got opened.
Thanks in advance.

Vijay

Posted 8-May-13 19:28pm

VijayMuthiah

Updated 8-May-13 19:29pm

vijay__p

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vijay__p · Answer 1 · 2013-05-08T19:34:00

Solution 1

Use SelectList to bind @HtmlDropdownListFor and specify selectedValue parameter in it.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd492553(v=vs.108).aspx[^]

VB

public SelectList(
    IEnumerable items,
    string dataValueField,
    string dataTextField,
    Object selectedValue
)

Posted 8-May-13 19:34pm

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[no name] 9-Jan-14 8:04am

not an answer...

Ajay 10186562 · Answer 2 · 2014-02-18T22:49:00

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Education,
new List;SelectListItem>
{
new SelectListItem { Text = "B.Sc", Value = "B.Sc"},
new SelectListItem { Text = "M.B.B.S", Value = "M.B.B.S"},
new SelectListItem { Text = "B.A", Value = "B.A"}
}
)
You Can Use this code But If You Have Data Base For This DropDownList