DropDownListFor Default Item with value

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i have a @Html.DropdownlistFor dropdownlist. I need to add default value to it. Here I give that dropdown default name as a cash I need to give it an option value here.

Name : CASH Value : -1

Here is my Code

 @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Customer_Supplier_CustomerSupplierId, (SelectList)ViewBag.ListOfCustomers, "CASH", new { placeholder = "CustomerName", id = "CustomerName", @class = "form-control" })

Set the default value in your constructor for the model – Aug 26 '14 at 06:31 — , Aug 26 '14 at 06:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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As answered here :- How to set default value for ASP.NET MVC DropDownList from model

You can't set the default value using Html.DropDownList, if you want to have a default value, the property itself should have a default value.

 private string country; 
 public string Country
 {
  get { return country ?? "UK"; }
  set { country = value; } 
 }

Then, when the drop down list renders, as long as "UK" is actually a value for one of the options, it will be automatically set to that.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Aug 26 '14 at 06:30

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But in case you get the data from database and default values come from database, how you can achieve this? – Dot Freelancer Aug 26 '14 at 08:28

DropDownListFor Default Item with value

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