Set a dropdown option to selected based on get variable in url in Razor MVC

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Published on 2012-12-17T03:54:27Z Indexed on 2012/12/17 11:03 UTC
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I have a dropdown menu in a GET form. When the user hits submit, they are directed to the same page and shown the form again. I would like to have the dropdown option the user displayed in the last page already selected. So for example:

 @Html.DropDownList("Type", null, "Type", new { @class = "sbox-input" } )

website.com/Search?Type="Beef"

<select name="Type">
   <option value="Fish" >Fish</option>
   <option value="Chicken" >Chicken</option>
   <option value="Beef" selected="selected">Beef</option>
</select>

A jQuery solution would work just as well.

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