Add empty item to dropdownlist of custom objects in C#

Question

We are binding a list of custom objects to an ASP.NET DropDownList in C# but we want to allow for the DropDownList to not have anything selected initially. One way of doing

Answer 1

Yes, create your list like so:

(Note the use of AppendDataBoundItems="True")

And then when you bind, the bound items are put after the empty item rather than replacing it.