DropDownListFor does not set selected value

Question

I have a view that is displaying a Drop down list using the HTML helper DropDownListFor

<%: Html.DropDownListFor(Function(model) model.Manufacturer, New Selec         


        

Answer 1

I've done a similar quick-fix in JQuery today to fix this behaviour too :

$(document).ready(function() {
$(".wrapper<%: Model.Language %> option[value=<%: Model.Language %>]").attr("selected","true");
});

Though I could share it with others if needed.

I'd still like to see a real patch to this problem so many persons seems to have in a different way, maybe with an extension method of the already existing DropDownListFor Html.helper method.