MVC5 dropdownlistfor with bootstrap styling - how?

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I'm trying to get a DropDownListFor to display with the bootstrap style, but everything I've tried has failed to render the control as desired. How do I make it happen?

What I have tried:

I've NuGet'd bootstrap-select, and did this in BundlesConfig.cs

C#

bundles.Add(new ScriptBundle("~/bundles/bootstrap").
        Include("~/Scripts/bootstrap.js",
                "~/Scripts/bootstrap-select.js",
                "~/Scripts/respond.js"));

bundles.Add(new StyleBundle("~/Content/css").
        Include("~/Content/bootstrap.css",
                "~/Content/bootstrap-select.css",
                "~/Content/site.css"));

And my razor code looks like this:

C#

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.MyList, 
                      new SelectList(...), " - Select or Add -", 
                      new { htmlAttributes = new { @class = "form-control" } })

Posted 14-Oct-17 5:01am

#realJSOP

Updated 17-Oct-17 10:03am

Add a Solution

1 solution

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-17T10:03:00

The htmlAttributes part is only required if you're using EditorFor. With DropDownListFor, or TextBoxFor, or any of the other helpers which render a single control, the object contains the attributes directly:

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.MyList, 
                      new SelectList(...), " - Select or Add -", 
                      new { @class = "form-control" })

Html.EditorFor and htmlAttributes[^]