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Asked: 2026-05-30T01:24:07+00:00

The following code in a cshtml file creates a dropdown with a list of

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The following code in a cshtml file creates a dropdown with a list of Contacts, but the field it uses for the description of values, is not the one I want to display.

How do I force it to choose data from a different field in the Contact object? 

    @Html.DropDownList("ContactId", String.Empty)
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    @Html.DropDownListFor(a => a.OtherContactId, 
    new SelectList(Model.ContactList, "ContactId", "ContactValue", 
        Model.OtherContactId), "-- Select --")

    where, Model.ContactList is populated in your controller action.

    p.s. I’m not entirely certain whether you mean change the title of the select option text or the property that is updated, so have presented a kind of hybrid offering

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