[Solved] placeholder in Html.Telerik().DropDownList()

[Dmitriy]

Good day
I have prepared html code and I need me in your Html.Telerik (). DropDownList () to put an empty 

<option value="0" selected="selected">Your Age</option>

that is, in the end should look like

<select name="">
<option value="0" selected="selected">Your Age</option>
<option value="13">13</option>
<option value="15">15</option>
</select>

tell me how to do this?

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello,

 
OptionLabel functionality is in our ToDo list and is scheduled for the next service pack of the Telerik Extensions for ASP.NET MVC. For you can achieve your goal with adding an item in the begging of the collection passed to the DropDownList.

Kind regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team

[Dmitriy]

please tell me and then how to make the first record stood when the page loads? 

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello,

 
Check the following code snippet, which shows how to add an item at the begining of the collection and then bind the DropDownList:

<%
    var list = new SelectList(Model.Products, "ProductID", "ProductName").ToList();
    list.Insert(0, new SelectListItem { Text = "Select Value" });
%>

<%= Html.Telerik().DropDownList()
        .Name("DropDownList")
        .SelectedIndex(Model.DropDownListAttributes.SelectedIndex.Value)
        .BindTo(list)
        .HtmlAttributes(new { style = string.Format("width:{0}px", Model.DropDownListAttributes.Width) })
%>

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
the Telerik team