Create DropDownListFor from SelectList with default value

Question

I have a dropdownlistfor:

 @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Item.Item.Status, new SelectList(@Model.AllStatus, \"id\", \"Description\"),          


        

Answer 1

There exist already some discussions about that here or there. One of the problems might be using a different type than string for the key value. I had similar problems in past and I know that i solved it like this - explicitly setting the Selected property when preparing the list (in your case, AlLStatus).

Would mean, for your case (in controller action):

IEnumerable selectList = 
from s in allStatus // where ever you get this from, database etc.
select new SelectListItem
{
    Selected = (s.id == model.Item.Item.Status),
    Text = cs.Description,
    Value = s.id.ToString()
};
model.AllStatus = selectList;