How to get selected value of item from dropdownlist inside formview?

Question

I need to get the value of the selected item in a dropdown list that's inside the edit template of a formview control. The formview ID is "fvDocRvwrs".

Here's the markup for the dropdownlist:

<asp:DropDownList SelectedValue='<%# Bind("rvwStat") %>' runat="server" ID="rvwStatDdl" CssClass="form-control" DataSourceID="sdsStatuses" DataTextField="stat" DataValueField="statIdPk" AppendDataBoundItems="true" OnSelectedIndexChanged="rvwStatDdl_SelectedIndexChanged"><asp:ListItem Value="">--Please Select--</asp:ListItem></asp:DropDownList>

I'm just having some difficulty getting the SelectedValue using the onselectedindexchanged event of the dropdownlist. I am able to find the control using:

protected void rvwStatDdl_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var statVal = fvDocRvwrs.FindControl("rwStatDdl").ToString();
    }

I just need to know how to populate a variable with the selected value.

You are not able to do `var statval = rvwStatDdl.SelectedValue;` ? — Chetan, Aug 08 '18 at 18:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '18 at 18:41

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I think you should cast as DropDownList after finding control

var statVal = ((DropDownList)fvDocRvwrs.FindControl("rwStatDdl")).SelectedValue.ToString();

answered Aug 08 '18 at 18:41

Arslan Ali

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 08 '18 at 18:37

You can access the SelectedValue property.

Try protected void name_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e){ DropDownList list = (DropDownList)sender; string value = list.SelectedValue;}

Credit: Dropdownlist selected value at Selectedindexchanged event Frank Lee's answer

How to get selected value of item from dropdownlist inside formview?

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