c# - How to get the first item in a SelectList to be empty in ASP.NET MVC project? -

i have looked online solution, solutions have found applicable code has been implemented quite differently mine.

my dropdownlist populated list called selectionlist, populated in controller.

        selectionlist= (db.items.tolist()) 

the view followed:

                @html.label("selection:", htmlattributes: ...)                 <div class="col-md-3">                     @html.dropdownlistfor(m => m.table.selectionid, new selectlist(model.selectionlist, "selectionid", "itemname"), new { @class = ... })                 </div> 

there no issues displaying selectionlist, first item blank dropdownlist not display items.

any appreciated. :)

try this:

@html.dropdownlistfor(m => m.table.selectionid, new selectlist(model.selectionlist, "selectionid", "itemname"), "", new { @class = ... }) 

that third param empty string specifies option label.