Kendo Mvc DropdownList, How to set Initial Value

c#, kendo-asp.net-mvc, kendo-ui, telerik

Solution

With the latest(maybe works on earlier versions) build of KendoUI , initial Text value can be set on dropdowns:

   ....
   .Value(Model.DOCTORCODE.ToString()) //DOCTORCODE is  guid type
   .Text(Model.DOCTOR)  //DOCTOR is string type.This is optional.It should work without .Text property

Problem

i am using Kendo DropdownList with ajax binding. With these codes i cannot set inital value that coming from model.It just fill the list with items and selects the first item. ``` @(Html.Kendo().DropDownList() .Name("NATIONALITY") .DataTextField("DESCRIPTION").HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:220px" }) .DataValueField("REFERENCEID") .Value(Model.NATIONALITY) //Placeholder("SELECT") .DataSource(source => { source.Read(read => { read.Action("GetDefinitionDetails", "Definition", new { definitionCode = "NATIONALITY", addEmptyRow = false }); }).ServerFiltering(true); }).ServerFiltering(true); })) ``` But When i change Html.Kendo().DropDownList() to Html.Kendo().Combobox() it also fills the list and set the initial value as expected(which is the value that passing by model.)

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