Question

How can I get the selected value from the DropDown in MVC? I want to assign it to a variable.

This is my controller action:

public ActionResult Drop()
{
    List<SelectListItem> items = new List<SelectListItem>();
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Action", Value = "0" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Drama", Value = "1" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Comedy", Value = "2" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Science Fiction", Value = "3" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Horror", Value = "4" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Art", Value = "5"  });
    ViewData["Options"] = items;
}

This is my view:

@Html.DropDownList("Options", ViewData["Options"] as SelectList, "--Select Item--")

Answer 1

View

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{ 
    <h2>Drop</h2>
    @Html.DropDownList("Options", ViewData["Options"] as SelectList, "--Select Item--")

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
}

Controller
Add a new action

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Drop(FormCollection form)
{
    var optionsValue = form["Options"];
    //TODO:
    return RedirectToAction("Drop");
}