Question

I have a form that respond to a submit button.

I have my drop down list on menu as following:

@Html.DropDownList("State", new List<SelectListItem>
{
    new SelectListItem { Text = "Please select" }, 
    new SelectListItem { Value = "AL", Text="Alabama" }, ....
    new SelectListItem { Value = "WY", Text="Wyoming" })

How can I get the selected value as bool or preferably as string in my model ..

I need to validate

[Required(ErrorMessage = "Please select a state.")]
public string/bool State { get; set; }

Please help.

Thanks

Answer 1

You want to use a model-bound helper

@model MVC4.Models.Model

and then

@Html.DropDownListFor(m=>m.State, new List<SelectListItem>
new SelectListItem { Text = "Please select" }, 
    new SelectListItem { Value = "AL", Text="Alabama" }, ....
    new SelectListItem { Value = "WY", Text="Wyoming" })