Question

i have a DropDownList which is getting data from dataset,
the dropdownlist show all the data from the dataset perfect,
but i want to add an empty value to the list as the default selected value.
how do i do it ?

Answer 1

You can do something like this:

ActionsMenu.DataSource = myDataSource;
ActionsMenu.DataTextField = "value";
ActionsMenu.DataValueField = "key";
ActionsMenu.DataBind();

// after the binding
ActionsMenu.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select an action...", String.Empty));
ActionsMenu.Items.Insert(1, new ListItem("-------------------", String.Empty));

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