Generate dropdownlist with parent child combination in ASP.NET MVC

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I need dropdownlist with parent child combination like below example

Parent 1
 Child of Parent 1
 Child of Parent 1 
Parent 2
 Child of Parent 2
 Child of Parent 2
 Child of Parent 2
 Child of Parent 2

I need to show option like above where both parent and child option can be selected by users.

What I have tried:

I have checked the jquery example but parent can not be selected.I need to select both the options parent and child.

[Demo where we can select child only]

Posted 19-Sep-16 22:07pm

itsathere

Updated 20-Sep-16 0:53am

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Karthik_Mahalingam 20-Sep-16 6:29am

what you have tried apart from the library?

itsathere 20-Sep-16 6:33am

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1146789/rendering-a-hierarchy-of-options-in-a-select-tag

Trying to implement the same.

Karthik_Mahalingam 20-Sep-16 6:55am

chk my solution.

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-20T00:53:00

check this

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title></title>    

</head>
<body>
    <select id="ddl"></select>

    <script>

        var json = [
            { parent: '1', item: 'Electronics' },
            { parent: '0', item: 'Play station' },
            { parent: '0', item: 'audios' },
            { parent: '1', item: 'Books' },
            { parent: '0', item: 'Non-Fiction' },
            { parent: '0', item: 'Maths' },
        ];
        options = [];
        var ddl = document.getElementById('ddl');
        for (var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {

            var style = '', space = '&nbsp;&nbsp;'
            if (json[i].parent == '1')
            {
                style = "style='font-weight:bold'"
               space =''

            }
            var html = "<option " + style + "  > " + space + json[i].item; +" </option>"

            options.push(html);
        }

        ddl.innerHTML = options.join('\n'); 
    </script>
</body>
</html>

demo: Edit fiddle - JSFiddle[^]