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POSomebody explain me Html.DropDown and it's dearest friend SelectList
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copied!<p>If you check my earlier questions you may have noticed I just don't get the SelectList and Html.DropDown(). I find it intrigueing that I seem to be the only one in this. So maybe I should try to change my mindset or maybe there are things I don't know that will clear this all up. I really love the whole MVC framework, but SelectList just doesn't want to fit in my head. So here's my list:</p> <p><strong>SelectList</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why can't I set the selected value after instantiation</li> <li>Why can't I set selectedValue by index of items</li> <li>Why is the selectedvalue sometimes a string, sometimes the class I put into it and sometimes a ListItem</li> <li>Why are the items only accesible through GetItems()</li> <li>Why don't the types of selectedItem and the listItems match?</li> <li>Why are the items you put in the list converted to listItem and the selectedItem not?</li> <li>Why can't I get the count of the items without usint the GetItems() method</li> </ul> <p><strong>Html.DropDownList()</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why doesn't modelbinding work with it</li> <li>Why is there no behaviour for defaulting selection when there's only one option </li> <li>Why doesn't making an item SelectedValue in the source selectLIst make it the marked item</li> </ul> <p>Before ppl suggest me to write my own:<br> Since this will be shipped with the MVC product, I would rather have the offical support for a basic controll then to roll my own and have all the troubles that come with it.</p>

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