Adding a prompt option to Html.Select in ASP.NET MVC
Digging around the source code to the ASP.NET MVC Source Refresh, I discovered a useful extension to the Html.Select helper method.
Say you want a select dropdown with a NULL case, which instructs the user to make a selection.
Eg: You want your first option to be: ==Select==
To do so, call Html.Select with a htmlAttribute of prompt=”==Select==”
Like:
<%=Html.Select((“Quote.ClientId”), ViewData.Clients, “Name”,”Id”, ViewData.Quote.ClientId,0,false,new {prompt=”==Select==”})%>
