Question

Can category model (example given below) be passed

public class Category { 
     public Guid Id { get; set; }; 
     public String Title { get; set; }
}

using a select/option?

<select id="categories" name="Category">
    <option value="Id">Text</option>
</select>

As far as I understand this will bind normally but excluding Title property?

EDIT

Viewmodel

public class EditProductModelView { 
    [Required] Category Category { get; set; }
    // other properties
}

Controller

public ActionResult Edit(EditProductViewModel model) {
    // controller logic
}

Thanks!

Answer 1

you could add a hidden input for the title value and fill it with options the data-title attribute value whenever the selection option changes

<input id="categoriesTitle" type="hidden" name="Category.Title" />
<select id="categories" name="Category.Id">
    <option value="foo" data-title="this is foo">foo</option>
    <option value="bar" data-title="I am bar">bar</option>
</select>