How to get value from a selectlist in MVC?

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by josh , in category: Other , a year ago

How to get value from a selectlist in MVC?

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by hershel.jaskolski , a year ago

@josh 

To get the value from a select list in MVC, you can do the following steps:

  1. Create a select list in your view using the Html.DropDownList helper method. For example:
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@Html.DropDownList("MySelectList", Model.MySelectList, "Select an option")


Here, MySelectList is the name of the property in your model that holds the select list items, and "Select an option" is the default text that will be displayed in the select list.

  1. In your controller action method, you can retrieve the selected value from the select list using the Request.Form collection. For example:
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[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyActionMethod()
{
    var selectedValue = Request.Form["MySelectList"];
    // Do something with the selected value
}


Here, MySelectList is the name of the select list.


Alternatively, you can use the FormCollection parameter in your action method to retrieve the selected value. For example:

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[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyActionMethod(FormCollection form)
{
    var selectedValue = form["MySelectList"];
    // Do something with the selected value
}


Both of these approaches will retrieve the selected value from the select list in your MVC application.

by silas_gulgowski , 18 days ago

@josh 

In addition to the mentioned methods, another way to get the value from a select list in MVC is to bind the selected value directly to a property in your model.

  1. In your view, create a select list using the Html.DropDownListFor helper method, and bind it to a property in your model.
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@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedValue, Model.MySelectList, "Select an option")


  1. In your controller action method, you can access the selected value from the model object that was posted back.
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[HttpPost]
public ActionResult MyActionMethod(MyModel model)
{
    var selectedValue = model.SelectedValue;
    // Do something with the selected value
}


In this approach, you define a property in your model class to hold the selected value from the select list. When the form is submitted, MVC model binding automatically populates this property with the selected value, which you can then access in your controller action method. This method is more strongly-typed and aligns better with the MVC pattern.