Question

I have following code

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{

    @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.IDs, new SelectList(Model. IDs), Model.SelectedID)
}    

So user selection from this combo bind to SelectedID property of the model. My understanding is that this binding happen only when form is submitted. Let’s say from the same page, I need to do an AJAX call but at this point ) Model.SelectedID does not provide any value because form hasn’t been submitted yet (although user has selected something from drop down). Any ideas how to best deal with this situation?

Answer 1

You can use javascript.

var selectedValue = $("#IDs").val();