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If it's mandatory you could just take out the &quot;--select--&quot; option and default to the first option in the list instead.
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If it's mandatory you could just take out the "--select--" option and default to the first option in the list instead.

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Hi <br />
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No I need the select option as this is a request from the client
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Hi

No I need the select option as this is a request from the client

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I have a strongly typed view populated from viewmodel that has dropdown list.<br />
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&nbsp;&lt;%= Html.DropDownList(&quot;ID&quot;, Model.custList, &quot;--select--&quot;)%&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &lt;%= Html.ValidationMessage(&quot;ID<wbr />&quot;)%&gt;<br />
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Which passes id to controller <br />
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public ActionResult Submit((int? ID)<br />
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I want to make dropdown mandatory so user must select an option<br />

<pre><code id="code-1186868">&lt;%= Html.DropDownList(&quot;ID&quot;, Model.customereList, &quot;--select--&quot;)%&gt;
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I have a strongly typed view populated from viewmodel that has dropdown list.

 <%= Html.DropDownList("ID", Model.custList, "--select--")%>
  <%= Html.ValidationMessage("ID")%>

Which passes id to controller 

public ActionResult Submit((int? ID)



I want to make dropdown mandatory so user must select an option

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