SelectListItem selected = true not working in view

Question

I have a gender select field (--Select--, Male, Female) and I\'m populating that in my controller. When the page loads, I want the gender that is selected in the model pm.

Answer 1

Try this;

public static List ListSexo { get; } = new List
    {
        new SelectListItem{Selected =true, Value="N", Text="Seleccione"},
        new SelectListItem{Value="F", Text="Femenino"},
        new SelectListItem{Value="M", Text="Masculino"}
    };