Posting selected data-item to controller

[Hope]

Hello All,

I wish to seek your guidance on this question.  How do we post strong type to the controller? More specifically, can we post the selected data-item to the controller?

Here is the sample form:

<form asp-controller="home" asp-action="UpdateMenu" method="post">
    <!-- Input and Submit elements -->
    @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
          .Name("selectedOptions")
          .DataTextField("Name")
          .DataValueField("ID")
          .DataSource(source => {
              source.Read(read => {
                  read.Action("OptionList", "home");
              });
          })
    )
     <button type="submit">Update</button>
</form>

 

Here is the controller:

[HttpPost]
public void UpdateMenu(Menu targetMenu, string[] selectedOptions)
{
    ....
}

 

I am able to get the selected ID to bind to the selectedOptions variable but no luck with the data-item object. 

Thank you for your time. 

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Hope,

The DropDownList sends only its value, in this case the selected item's ID value. There is an existing feature request in our Feedback Portal for making possible the submission of the data item, which you can vote for.

Veselin's comment in the linked feature request item, contains more details on why this currently is not possible.

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Progress Telerik

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