I am using a kendo UI DropDownList control, how can we set a default value to the DropDownList?
I have a selected list property in viewmodel as following :
public SelectList AuditTypes { get; set; }
Then in controller I am populating the selected list and setting it to a default value
viewModel.AuditTypes = new SelectList(dropdownDetails, "Value", "Text", dropdownDetails.Where(x => x.Default == true));
and in my razor view I have the following code :
@(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
.Name("AuditType")
.DataTextField("Text")
.DataValueField("Value")
.BindTo(Model.AuditTypes)
.AutoBind(true)
The problem is that the default value is not being set.
Just a guess, try .Value(YOUR_VALUE) in your chain
http://docs.kendoui.com/api/web/dropdownlist#configuration-value
Note:- Make sure to pass the ValueField and not the TextField in the .Value() property of Kendo Control as "YOUR_VALUE" has to be an integer property as .Value() accepts an integer and not a text property, otherwise it won't work, it won't show any error but it won't give you the desired result.