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DynamicsNinja
DynamicsNinja

Reputation: 177

MVC 5 DropDownList lookup text

In my ViewBag there is object that contains Id,First name and Last name. I want to display DropDownList that has Id as value and "First name"+" "+"Last Name" as text. 

 @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Id, new SelectList(ViewBag.person, "Id","Last Name"), new { @class = "form-control" })

This is the line of code that I use currently, how can I modify it to display the right info?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 423

Answers (1)

Andre Pena
Andre Pena

Reputation: 59336

You have to modify your controller and model to send the concatenated text to the View, or create a new SelectList in the View itself that concatenates the values before passing it to the DropdownListFor.

What you are trying to achieve would be possible if SelectList had an overload with a callback for formatting, but this isn't possible.

Upvotes: 1

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