Question

I have a dropdown list on my asp.net mvc site:

<%= Html.DropDownList('CustCodes') %> 

My controller:

 ICallService sc = new CallService();  IList<CustCode> custCodes = sc.GetCustCodes();  ViewData['CustCodes'] = new SelectList(custCodes, 'ID', 'Name'); 

What I want is once the dropdown is displayed to either have a blank entry at the top or an option that says ‘Select a Customer’. Do I need to use jquery to do this or is there something built into the DropDowList helper that I’m missing?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Use an override that contains an option label.

 <%= Html.DropDownList('CustCodes',                        ViewData['CustCodes'] as SelectList,                        'Select a Customer',                        null ) %>