DropDownListForin Custom Editor not selecting optionLabel

[Sam]

I have an MVC KendoGrid with a custom popup editor that contains 3 select lists using razor DropDownListFor html helpers.  I am using the optionLabel parameter on the helper to show "-- Select One --" empty option when creating a new record, but it is not being selected for 2 selects that have integer values. The other select that has a string type for value in the model is showing the "-- Select One --" corrrectly.  Is there something I can do to have it selected in all 3 dropdown lists for new records?

[Sam]

Also, when I take the form outside of the grid custom editor template and put it in a view of its own and supply the same model, the dropdown lists behave as expected selecting the 0 index for all 3 dropdown lists

[Pavlina]

Hi,

Please refer to the forum threads below where a similar question is disscused: 
http://www.telerik.com/forums/inline-add---not-getting-dropdown-default-value#XZ4azeBieU29g-Wg2JXU9A
http://www.telerik.com/forums/grid-add-edit-popup-not-defaulting-dropdown

Give the suggestions there a try and let us know in case you need additional assistance.

Regards,
Pavlina
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