Html.DropDownListFor not behaving as expected ASP.net MVC
- by rybl
Hello, I am new to ASP.net MVC and I am having trouble getting dropdown lists to work correctly.
I have a strongly typed view that is attempting to use a Html.DropDownListFor as follows:
<%=Html.DropDownListFor(Function(model) model.Arrdep, Model.ArrdepOptions)%>
I am populating the list with a property in my model as follows:
Public ReadOnly Property ArrdepOptions() As List(Of SelectListItem)
Get
Dim list As New List(Of SelectListItem)
Dim arriveListItem As New SelectListItem()
Dim departListItem As New SelectListItem()
arriveListItem.Text = "Arrive At"
arriveListItem.Value = ArriveDepart.Arrive
departListItem.Text = "Depart At"
departListItem.Value = ArriveDepart.Depart
Select Case Me.Arrdep
Case ArriveDepart.Arrive : arriveListItem.Selected = True
Case Else : departListItem.Selected = True
End Select
list.Add(departListItem)
list.Add(arriveListItem)
Return list
End Get
End Property
The Select Case works find and it sets the right SelectListItem as Selected, but when my view renders the dropdown list no matter what is marked as selected the generated HTML does not have anything selected.
Am I obviously doing something wrong or missing something, but I can't for the life of me figure out what.
