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Code is given below: If i do not select any value in the combobox and press submit, no validation message is asked. <tr> <td>Department </td> <td> : </td> <td class="@*@Model.NoEdit*@"> @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DepartmentId, new SelectList(Model.Departments, "SelectedDepartmentId", "DepartmentCode"), "-- Select Department--", new {@class = "chosen-select", id = "cboDeptartment" }) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.DepartmentId) </td> Restating my brief comment as an answer. :-) To get the validation messages, I use the same approach Joseph mentions, though I use an HTML class for

I am trying to make a dropdown list using DropdownListFor function and I want to have a value selected in it. I have searched a lot and found the similar kind of solution of having a SelectList object in the ViewModel , I tried it something like this In my ViewModel I used a property of type SelectList like this SelectList HoursToSelect = new SelectList(MyDictionaryObject, "Value", "Key", 14/*selected value*/); and I was using it like this @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.EndsOnHour, HoursToSelect) This all was working fine and fulfilled my requirement completely But the problem is due to my

I have to bind an Html.DropDownList with just two items statically. Text="Yes" Value="1" Text="No" Value="0" The important thing is that, I have to set the text and value fields. How can I do this? Sreekumar P It is a best practice not to create the SelectList in the view. You should create it in the controller and pass it using the ViewData. Example: var list = new SelectList(new [] { new { ID = "1", Name = "name1" }, new { ID = "2", Name = "name2" }, new { ID = "3", Name = "name3" }, }, "ID", "Name", 1); ViewData["list"]=list; return View(); you pass to the constratctor: the IEnumerable

I am trying to trigger an action method for onchange event for dropdownlist, how can I do this without using jquery onchange. @Html.DropDownList("Sortby", new SelectListItem[] { new SelectListItem() { Text = "Newest to Oldest", Value = "0" }, new SelectListItem() { Text = "Oldest to Newest", Value = "1" }}) Thanks Moons You can do this @Html.DropDownList("Sortby", new SelectListItem[] { new SelectListItem() { Text = "Newest to Oldest", Value = "0" }, new SelectListItem() { Text = "Oldest to Newest", Value = "1" } , new { onchange = @"form.submit();" } }) If you don't want jquery then you can

I tried searching and didn't find anything that fixed my problem. I have a DropDownList on a Razor view that will not show the the item that I have marked as Selected in the SelectList. Here is the controller code that populates the list: var statuses = new SelectList(db.OrderStatuses, "ID", "Name", order.Status.ID.ToString()); ViewBag.Statuses = statuses; return View(vm); Here is the View code: <div class="display-label"> Order Status</div> <div class="editor-field"> @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.StatusID, (SelectList)ViewBag.Statuses) @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.StatusID