Html.DropdownList with selected value

Question

I have a drop down list that is being populated via a ViewBag variable, I am wondering how I can set the selected index of this list using the id value.

This is where I create the ViewBag variable, note the id, this is what I want to use to set the default selected item in the list:

 var events = db.Events.Select(e => new
            {
                id = e.EventID,
                Name = e.EventTitle

            }).OrderBy(e => e.Name).ToList();
            ViewBag.EventsList = new MultiSelectList(events, "id", "Name");

This is the dropdown in the View:

 @Html.DropDownList("id", (MultiSelectList)ViewBag.EventsList, new { @class = "form-control", id = "lstTopFeaturedEvent" })

Is there anyway I could set the default select value using the id property set in the controller?

Set the value of property id in the GET method before you pass the model to the view (and you can simply use ViewBag.EventsList = new SelectList(db.Events, "EventID", "EventTitle");) — user3559349
– user3559349, Commented Nov 27, 2016 at 21:29

Yazan Ati · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-27 21:48:07Z

You should use view models and forget about ViewBag Think of it as if it didn't exist. You will see how easier things will become. So define a view model:

public class MyViewModel
{
    public int SelectedCategoryId { get; set; }
    public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> Categories { get; set; } 
}

and then populate this view model from the controller:

public ActionResult NewsEdit(int ID, dms_New dsn)
{
    var dsn = (from a in dc.dms_News where a.NewsID == ID select a).FirstOrDefault();
    var categories = (from b in dc.dms_NewsCategories select b).ToList();

    var model = new MyViewModel
    {
        SelectedCategoryId = dsn.NewsCategoriesID,
        Categories = categories.Select(x => new SelectListItem
        {
            Value = x.NewsCategoriesID.ToString(),
            Text = x.NewsCategoriesName
        })
    };
    return View(model);
}

and finally in your view use the strongly typed DropDownListFor helper:

@model MyViewModel

@Html.DropDownListFor(
    x => x.SelectedCategoryId,
    Model.Categories
)

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