DropDownList is losing text value in loop.

[William]

I'm trying to use the same DropDownList widget multiple times within a loop in form for however many fleets a manager is assigned as shown  in the attachment. The first instance of the DropDownList displays correctly. After that it displays as a text box with the value, not the text. And no dropdown.

Here's the code I used for the widget.
        @(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(m => m.ManagerViewModel.ManagerId)
                .Name("ManagerDropDownList")
                .DataTextField("ManagerNameLast")
                .DataValueField("ManagerId")
                .HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width: 200px;" })
                .BindTo(Model.MgrsDropdownViewModel)
                )

And here is the page source for the first and second instances. The complete list of managers is shown for both instances. But the data-val properties are missing in the second instance. How do I get the data-val to show for every instance?

<input data-val="true" data-val-number="The&#32;field&#32;ManagerId&#32;must&#32;be&#32;a&#32;number." data-val-required="The&#32;ManagerId&#32;field&#32;is&#32;
required." id="ManagerDropDownList" name="ManagerDropDownList" style="width:&#32;200px;" type="text" value="80" /><script>
jQuery(function(){jQuery("#ManagerDropDownList").kendoDropDownList({"dataSource":[{"ManagerId":280,"ManagerNameLast":"AXXXXXXO,  JOHN           "},

<input id="ManagerDropDownList" name="ManagerDropDownList" style="width:&#32;200px;" type="text" value="80" /><script>
jQuery(function(){jQuery("#ManagerDropDownList").kendoDropDownList({"dataSource":[{"ManagerId":280,"ManagerNameLast":"AXXXXXXO            , JOHN           "},
 




     

[Alexander Popov]

Hello William,

I noticed that the Name of the widgets is static and as a result there will be multiple HTML elements with the same ID. This will cause issues with widget initialization and binding, so I would recommend you to append a unique identifier to the Name, perhaps the fleet ID or number.

Regards,
Alexander Popov
Telerik

[William]

Thanks Alexander. It works great using the Location Id as part of the name .