How to retain spaces in DropDownList - ASP.net MVC Razor views

Question

I\'m binding my model in the following way in the view:

<%=Html.DropDownList(\"SelectedItem\",new SelectList(Model.MyItems,\"ItemId\",\"ItemName\")) %>         


        

Answer 1

nbsp in html corresponds to "\xA0" as a C# string, so use this instead of spaces, when HTML encoded it will produce nbsp