How to set an item in dropdown list as default in MVC

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How to set an item in dropdown list as default in MVC
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Controller.cs

C#

var usrModel = new UserRegisterModel();
            Country curid = snwe.Countries.Where(a => a.Country1 == "India").FirstOrDefault(); 
            usrModel.Countries = snwe.Countries.AsEnumerable().Select(C => new SelectListItem
            { 
                Text = C.Country1,
                Value = C.CountryID.ToString().Trim(),
               Selected = C.CountryID == curid.CountryID?true:false
                
            });

View.cshtml

HTML

<li>
    <div class="eq-box">
        <label>@(LocalizationProvider.Current.CountryLabel)*
        <span class="validate-msg">@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.CountryId)</span></label>
        <div class="eq-box-field">
        @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.CountryId, Model.Countries,  new { @class = "dropdown" })
        </div>
    </div>
</li>

Posted 14-Oct-15 23:52pm

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Updated 15-Oct-15 0:08am

Krunal Rohit

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Krunal Rohit 15-Oct-15 6:10am

Looks good.
Any error ?

-KR

Nathan Minier 15-Oct-15 7:52am

You've got a bug waiting to happen. Change:

Selected = (curid != null && C.CountryID == curid.CountryID) ?true:false

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Anupam Shukla 2009 · Answer 1 · 2015-10-15T02:13:00

You can create a separate method to bind country dropdown-

C#

public static SelectList GetCountries(int selected = 0)
       {
           return new SelectList(Repository.Instance.All<country>(), "Id", "Name", selected);
       }</country>