I have a create view with multiple DropDownListFors. Each time a new object is created only 1 of the DropDownListFors should have a value, I want the others to return 0 as the result when the optionLabel is left selected.
How do I assign 0 as the value for a DropDownListFor's optionLabel?
EDIT:
Here is an example of my DropDownListFor code in my view:
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.cardReward.ID, new SelectList(ViewBag.cardReward, "Id","Name"), "None")
When I render the page it creates the list with None at the top like this:
<option value>None</option>
I want it to be like this:
<option value="0">None</option>
In the documentation for DropDownFor the optionLabel
parameter (where you're passing "None") is described as:
The text for a default empty item.
So this is designed to always be an empty item. You will need to add an additional item into your select list in order to get a 0 value.
I have used the following extension method to accomplish this (sorry untested, there may be minor errors):
public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> InsertEmptyFirst(this IEnumerable<SelectListItem> list, string emptyText = "", string emptyValue = "")
{
return new [] { new SelectListItem { Text = emptyText, Value = emptyValue } }.Concat(list);
}
You would use it like this:
@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.cardReward.ID, new SelectList(ViewBag.cardReward, "Id","Name").InsertEmptyFirst("None", "0"))
Insert a new empty string, here's an example.
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.ProjectID, Model.Projects, string.Empty)