How To Specify The Selected Option To A Dropdown List MVC
Apr 14, 2010
I have a list of options (IEnumerable< SelectListItem >) in my model that I want to use in multiple dropdowns in my view. But each of these dropdowns could have a different selected option.
Is there an easy way to simply specfiy which should be selected if using the Html.DropDownList helper?
At this point, the only way I can see is to generate the html myself and loop through the list of options like so:
I am stuck at this point "Displaying a dropdown list of Categories with a --None -- Option. I want the gridview control to display 2 dropdown list one in read-only mode and the other in edit mode. When a record is in read-only mode, the dropdownlist's enabled property will be set to false."When it's on a read-only mode, it doesn't display the selected Category. it shows but the "No Category". When i click on edit to edit or change category, it doesn't display the selected category.
The example is given below( I am reading the book Sams Teach yourself ASP.NET 2.0 by Scott Mitchell. page 628)
<asp:Label ID="UserIdValue" runat="server" Visible="False"></asp:Label> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="picturesDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT * FROM [Pictures] WHERE ([UserId] = @UserId) ORDER BY [UploadedOn] DESC" DeleteCommand="DELETE FROM [Pictures] WHERE [PictureID] = @PictureID" InsertCommand="INSERT INTO [Pictures] ([UserId], [CategoryID], [Title], [Description], [UploadedOn]) VALUES (@UserId, @CategoryID, @Title, @Description, @UploadedOn)" UpdateCommand="UPDATE [Pictures] SET [UserId] = @UserId, [CategoryID] = @CategoryID, [Title] = @Title, [Description] = @Description, [UploadedOn] = @UploadedOn WHERE [PictureID] = @PictureID"> <DeleteParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="PictureID" Type="Int32" /> </DeleteParameters> <InsertParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="UserId" /> <asp:Parameter Name="CategoryID" Type="Int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Title" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Description" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="UploadedOn" Type="DateTime" /> </InsertParameters> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text"/> </SelectParameters> <UpdateParameters> <asp:Parameter Name="UserId"/> <asp:Parameter Name="CategoryID" Type="Int32" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Title" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="Description" Type="String" /> <asp:Parameter Name="UploadedOn" Type="DateTime" /> <asp:Parameter Name="PictureID" Type="Int32" /> </UpdateParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="categoriesDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [CategoryID], [Name] FROM [Categories] WHERE ([UserId] = @UserId)"> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text" /> </SelectParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:SqlDataSource ID="maxPictureIDDataSource" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="SELECT MAX(PictureID) FROM Pictures WHERE UserId = @UserId"> <SelectParameters> <asp:ControlParameter ControlID="UserIdValue" Name="UserId" PropertyName="Text" /> </SelectParameters> </asp:SqlDataSource> <br /> <asp:Label ID="cannotUploadImageMessage" runat="server" Text="The photo could not be added to your album either because you did not specify a file to upload or the file specified was not a JPEG image with the file extension .JPG"></asp:Label> <br /> <asp:DetailsView ID="dvPictureInsert" runat="server" DataSourceID="PicturesDataSource" Height="50px" Width="125px" AutoGenerateRows="False" CellPadding="4" DataKeyNames="PictureID" DefaultMode="Insert" ForeColor="#333333" GridLines="None"> <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="White" /> <CommandRowStyle BackColor="#D1DDF1" Font-Bold="True" /> <EditRowStyle BackColor="#2461BF" /> <FieldHeaderStyle BackColor="#DEE8F5" Font-Bold="True" /> <Fields> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Picture"> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:FileUpload ID="imageUpload" runat="server" /> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" ControlToValidate="imageUpload" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="There was no file selected" ValidationGroup="PictureAdd"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> </InsertItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Category" SortExpression="CategoryID"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:DropDownList ID="pictureCategory" DataSourceID="categoriesDataSource" runat="server" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="CategoryID" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>' Visible='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>' AppendDataBoundItems="True"> <asp:ListItem Selected="True" Value="">-- Select Category --</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList> </InsertItemTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("CategoryID") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Title" SortExpression="Title"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:TextBox> <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RequiredFieldValidator1" runat="server" ControlToValidate="TextBox1" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="you must provide a name for the title" ValidationGroup="PictureAdd"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator> </InsertItemTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Title") %>'></asp:Label> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description" SortExpression="Description"> <EditItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'></asp:TextBox> </EditItemTemplate> <InsertItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox2" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Description") %>'
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