Strange behavior in helper method DropDownListFor

问题:

I see a weird thing in DropDownListFor. This is a part of My View:

1:<dt>
2:  @Html.LabelFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId)
3:</dt>
4:<dd>
5: @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId, Model.FKs["DefaultAreaId"].Items, new { @class = "Areadd" })
6: @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId, null, new { @class = "invalid-side-note" })
7:</dd>

I Check in Debug the Last Line of My Controller: return View(model); And the values of Model.FKs["DefaultAreaId"].Items is:

 0: {Title="t1", value=13, Selected = false},
 1: {Title="t2", value=15, Selected = false},
 2: {Title="t3", value=17, Selected = false},
 3: {Title="t4", value=16, Selected = true}

Also I Check it in line 2 of above view and the values is same, But Exactly after line 5 after DropDownListFor values Change to:

 0: {Title="t1", value=13, Selected = false},
 1: {Title="t2", value=15, Selected = false},
 2: {Title="t3", value=17, Selected = false},
 3: {Title="t4", value=16, Selected = false}

I can't understand what happen with DropDownListFor and my model values? I also use the same way in same view :

11:<dt>
12:  @Html.LabelFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultControllerId)
13:</dt>
14:<dd>
15: @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultControllerId, Model.FKs["DefaultControllerId"].Items, new { @class = "Controllerdd" })
16: @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultControllerId, null, new { @class = "invalid-side-note" })
17:</dd>

And everything is fine, I also change the name of DefaultAreaId but nothing change. So does any one have any explanation for this? what happen here? if needed I can copy all of my View, Controller and Model.

Update

In Controller:

List<SelectListItem> Areas = new List<SelectListItem>();
Areas.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "t1", Value = "13", Selected = false });
Areas.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "t2", Value = "15", Selected = false });
Areas.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "t3", Value = "17", Selected = false });
Areas.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "t4", Value = "16", Selected = true });

Model.FKs.Add("DefaultAreaId", new ForeignKey { Title = "area", Items = Areas });

Fks:

public Dictionary<string, ForeignKey> FKs { get; set; }

And ForeignKey is:

public class ForeignKey {
    public string Title { get; set; }
    public List<SelectListItem> Items { get; set; }
}

回答1:

You should assign default value to model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId in the controller before sending the model to the view.

Update :

---

However here is a better way "as i assume :)" I've a helper method to set Selected Item in the list like this:

public static IEnumerable<SelectListItem> SetSelected(this IEnumerable<SelectListItem> selectList, object selectedValue)
{
    selectList = selectList ?? new List<SelectListItem>();
    if (selectedValue == null)
        return selectList;
    var vlaue = selectedValue.ToString();
    return selectList.BuildList(m => m.Text, m => m.Value, null, m => String.Equals(m.Value, vlaue, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase));
}

Here if you want the BuildList helber and you can use it whenever you want SelectItem list

public static IEnumerable<SelectListItem> BuildList<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, Func<T, string> text, Func<T, string> value = null, string optionalText = null, Func<T, bool> selected = null)
{
    var list = items.Select(x => new SelectListItem
                                     {
                                             Text = text.Invoke(x),
                                             Value = value == null
                                                             ? text.Invoke(x)
                                                             : value.Invoke(x),
                                             Selected = selected != null && selected.Invoke(x)
                                     }).ToList();
    if (optionalText != null)
        list.Insert(0, new SelectListItem() {Value = "", Text = optionalText});
    return list;
}

in the controller don't do anything but set the value you want to the model:

public ActionResult Edit(){
   var model = new YourModel();
   model.CategoryId = 4;
   //.. set the dropdownlist items in the ViewData or in your model in your case
   return View(model);
}

and in the view just call DropDownListFor as usual and just call for SetSelected helper method:

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.CategoryId, ((IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)ViewData["Categories"]).SetSelected(model.CategoryId))

And that would be in your example :

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId, Model.FKs["DefaultAreaId"].Items.SetSelected(model.MainModel.DefaultAreaId))

Just don't forget to set the default value in your Controller.

回答2:

When you are creating the SelectList are you passing in the selected value there or assigning it via the select list item.

var selectList = new SelectList([select list items], "[Key]", "[Value]", [SelectedValue]);
var selectList = new SelectList(list, "Id", "Name", 2);

Thanks,