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navig8tr
navig8tr

Reputation: 1844

How can I make dropdownlistfor selected value persist after submit

The following block of code is used to make the selected value of a dropdownlistfor persist after submit:

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => Model.Value, new SelectList(Model.Values, @Model.Value))

In this block of code, Model.Values is a list of strings and the @Model.Value specifies which value is selected.

This block of code works great but I'm trying to do the same thing with a list of SelectListItems (rather than a list of strings). In the following code Model.Values is a list of SelectListItems. 

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => Model.Value, Model.Values, Model.Value,
     new 
     { 
         id = "ValueDD", onchange = "this.form.submit()" 
     })

Is it possible to use @Model.Value as I did in the first code block to set the selected value?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 436

Answers (1)

3dd
3dd

Reputation: 2530

SelectListItem has a property Selected that needs to be set for the selected item, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.selectlistitem.ASPX

So in your controler you can just set the Selected property of the item that needs to be selected, assuming you are using the controler to build the list of Model.Values

Upvotes: 1

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