DropDown List Default Selected Item

[Kris Rockwell]

Hello (again),

I have gotten the dropdown list functionality to work through a few tricks
(probably not the most efficient, but it works) but I am not sure how to set
the default selected value. I have tried setting various values to represent
the default value with little success. Essentially I am looking to have the
first item in the list be the default selected item. I noticed in the
properties for a dtat grid you could set a default selected index
(DataGrid.SelectedIndex =). Is there a similiar property for the Dropdown
list that I am just not seeing?

DropDownList.SelectedIndex = 0 does not seem to work.

Regards,
Kris

 

[Dan Brussee]

What does not work about setting the list's selectedindex property?

 

[Kris Rockwell]

Well, it seems although I set the property as follows:

DropDownList.SelectedIndex = 0

the selected value is not passed. If I try to get the value after setting
this I no return (although I do see the associsted text in the DDList).
However, if I select a different value and then select the initial value it
does retuen the index.

Regards,
Kris

 

[Dan Brussee]

Just being sure. You mention checking the value. The SelectedValue is
quite different than the SelectedIndex. Setting the SelectedIndex to 0
will select the first item in the dropdown list. It will have both a
Value and Text property as well.

 

[Kris Rockwell]

Following what you have said, setting the code as follows should produce the
correct results.

...Omitted Connection, data adapter and Dataset info...

DropDownList.DataBind()
DropDownList.SelectedIndex = 0

In this instance the first item in the list should be selected by default
without any user interaction.

Is that a correct assumption?

Regards,
Kris

 

[Dan Brussee]

Looks right to me.

Following what you have said, setting the code as follows should produce the
correct results.

..Omitted Connection, data adapter and Dataset info...

DropDownList.DataBind()
DropDownList.SelectedIndex = 0

In this instance the first item in the list should be selected by default
without any user interaction.

Is that a correct assumption?

Regards,
Kris