ASP.NET MVC dropdown with a default empty option

Is there a way to include a default empty option (or with text) if there is no selected value for a dropdownlist?

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最佳答案

The below will prepend string.Empty to the SelectList (or IEnumerable) specified in the ViewData["Menu"] item. The select will have id and name MenuID.

<%= Html.DropDownList( "MenuID",
(IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewData["Menu"],
string.Empty ) %>

Documentation: DropDownList method

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The solution presented here worked very well for me: http://forums.asp.net/t/1142484.aspx/1

The basic idea is that you set the AppendDataBoundItems property of your DropDownList to true and then put an asp:ListItem in the DropDownList and that will become your default item with all the databound items coming after it.

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This easy solution worked for my mvc5 project:

in view:

@{
Model.ModelItemsList.Add(new ModelItem{ });
SelectList modelItemSelectList = new SelectList(Model.ModelItemsList, "ModelItemID", "ModelItemName");
}

Just add a new item to the List<> you want to display in your view. In my case, I added a empty "ModelItem" to my List<ModelItem> ModelItemList. Since my ModelItemID is a Guid, I had to check for Guid.Empty in my controller method and do some code. Thats all.

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For Example:

    Controller :


private void InitScreenInfoCollate()
{
IEnumerable<MstBrd> listbrd = ibrandRepository.GetItemsByUsercode("");
ViewBag.Brands = new SelectList(listbrd, "brd_cod", "brd_mei", null);


}


View :
@Html.DropDownList("Brands", null, string.Empty, new { @class = "form-control"})

Result :