Editor Template Dropdown List: No Initial Value

[David]

I have a Dropdown List Editor Template for a field in my Grid, and when I create a new row in the grid, the options are visible, and it appears as if the initial item is selected. However, the value of this item is not carried back to the server unless I open the drop down list and select an item.

Any Thoughts?

[Alexander Popov]

Hello David,

I would recommend adding an optionLabel to the DropDownList and/or using a default value for the Model's field bound to it. For example: 

.DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
    .Ajax()
    .Model(model =>
    {
        model.Id(p => p.ProductID);
        model.Field(p => p.CategoryID).DefaultValue(0);
    })

@model object

@(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(m => m)
    .OptionLabel("Please select")
    .BindTo((SelectList)ViewData[ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName("") + "_Data"])
)

Regards,
Alexander Popov
Telerik

 

 

[Patrick]

That is it.  Exactly what I needed.

Thanks.