Question

I am creating a select list in my .aspx page.

<label for="AccessType" class="required"><span class="required">*</span><%=Html.Resource("accessType")%>:</label>
                <select id="AccessType" name="AccessType">
                <% foreach (var item in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Security.AccessType)))
                {%> 
                <option value="<%=(int)item%>"><%=item%> </option> 
                <%}%>
                </select><br />

Now every time I load the page it is selecting the first value as default, where as I want the value present in model to be the selected.

I am biniding the dropdown to a enum in my code. Security.AccessType is a enum and not a model. so every time the page loads it shows the selected value of the dropdown as first enum

I want the selected item to be say Model.AccessType…

I know its a very basic question but still any help?

Answer 1

I used the followig and got the result..

$(‘#ddlAccessType’).val($(“#ddlAccessType option:contains(‘” + $(‘#AccessTypeValue’).val() + “‘)”).val());

This is first getting the AccessType value then checking for its index in the dropdown list and then setting the selected index to the index found out.

A bit bizzare, but worked fine for me..