How to make dropdownlist show a selected value in asp.net mvc?
- by Pandiya Chendur
I have an edit page with a Html.DropDownList in it....I cant show the dropdownlist value it always shows up with Select instead i want to make the dropdown show an item as selected based on a model value say Model.Mes_Id... Any suggestion how it can be done...
<p>
<label for="MeasurementTypeId">MeasurementType:</label>
<%= Html.DropDownList("MeasurementType", // what should i give here?)%>
<%= Html.ValidationMessage("MeasurementTypeId", "*") %>
</p>
EDIT: It has the list items but i want to show a value selected in the edit view...
public ActionResult Edit(int id)
{
var mesurementTypes = consRepository.FindAllMeasurements();
ViewData["MeasurementType"] = mesurementTypes;
var material = consRepository.GetMaterial(id);
return View("Edit", material);
}
