DropDownList vs DropDownListfor

Rashmi

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Hi,

I am working on dropdown list. I am little confused, what should use in mvc view model binding DropDownList or DropDownListfor?

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Posted On: 05-Dec-2015 06:48

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Priya 1320 Points 39 Posts	Hi Rashmi, In DropDownList control name is put static while in DropDownListFor dynamic, we can change the name from the model. Syntax: @Html.DropDownList("EquipmentId", new SelectList(Model.Country, "Id", "Text")) @Html.DropDownListFor( x => x.CountryID, new SelectList(Model.Country, "Id", "Text")) Posted On: 05-Dec-2015 08:26
Rahul M... 4972 Points 31 Posts	All of the HTML XX_For Helpers are expression-based versions (lambda expression) are primarily used for pulling values from the model (they are parametrized by the current model). Posted On: 05-Dec-2015 09:18