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Dropdownlist selected value in asp.net mvc

Manoj Bhatt211808-Oct-2014
 have tried this is RC1 and then upgraded to RC2 which did not resolve the issue.
// in my controller
        ViewData["UserId"] = new SelectList(
        users, 
        "UserId", 
        "DisplayName", 
        selectedUserId.Value); // this has a value

result: the SelectedValue property is set on the object.

// in my view
        <%=Html.DropDownList("UserId", (SelectList)ViewData["UserId"])%>

result: all expected options are rendered to the client, but the selected attribute is not set. The item in SelectedValue exists within the list, but the first item in the list is always defaulted to selected.

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Updated on 08-Oct-2014
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Anonymous User

Anonymous User

08-Oct-2014
Try this:
publicclassPerson
        {
            publicint Id { get; set; }
            publicstring Name { get; set; }
        }

And then:

var list = new[] {   
            new Person { Id = 1, Name = "Name1" }, 
            new Person { Id = 2, Name = "Name2" }, 
            new Person { Id = 3, Name = "Name3" } 
        };
 
        var selectList = newSelectList(list, "Id", "Name", 2);
        ViewData["People"] = selectList;
 
        Html.DropDownList("PeopleClass", (SelectList)ViewData["People"])

With MVC RC2, I get.

<selectid="PeopleClass"name="PeopleClass">
    <optionvalue="1">Name1</option>
    <optionselected="selected"value="2">Name2</option>
    <optionvalue="3">Name3</option>
</select>

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