Question

I’ve come across a strange problem with a ASP.net MVC project.

the following code works fine in Firefox, chrome, Safari IE8 – BUT not IE8 in IE7 Compatability mode

<%  Using Ajax.BeginForm('SetStatus', 'StatusControl', New AjaxOptions With {.Confirm = 'Are you sure you wish to change the Status?', .OnBegin = 'Show_Updating', .OnComplete = 'Hide_Updating'})%>     <%=Html.Hidden('ItemID')%>     <select id='SelectStatus' name='SelectStatus'>         <option selected='selected'>Active</option>         <option>Disable</option>     </select>     <input type='submit' value='OK' title='Set Status' class='small_button' /> <% End Using%> 

When I set a break point in the SetStatus Method the Form Collection lists SelectStatus and ItemID. The SelectStatus resolves to ” instead of ‘Active’ or ‘Disable’ In all other browsers this resolves correctly!

Any idea’s what’s going on? I’m using IE-8 RC1.

Below is the SetStatus Control method

<AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)> _  Function SetStatus(ByVal form As FormCollection)     Dim status = form('SelectStatus')      Select Case status         Case 'Active'             Dim ItemID As Integer = form('ItemID')             Return Restore(ItemID)         Case 'Disable'             Dim ItemID As Integer = form('ItemID')             Return Disable(ItemID)     End Select      Return Content('Errors') End Function 

Answer 1

Try setting an explict value for the option

<option value='Active' selected='selected'>Active</option> <option value='Disable'>Disable</option>