Why isn't multiselect list showing selected items? MVC
asp.net-mvc, c#, multi-select
Solution
I found the solution. The ListBox must have a different name from the MultiSelectList. I renamed the MultiSelectList in my original code, and it works. I don't want to even begin to think about the amount of time I spent on this!
Problem
I moved on and then came back to this, but I am still unable to get it to work. ``` var companiesList = subcontractRepository.SubcontractCompanies(Subcontract.subcontract_id); IEnumerable<Guid> selectedList = companiesList.Select(a => a.Id); Companies = new MultiSelectList(companiesList, "Id", "Name", selectedList); ``` In SubcontractRepository.cs ``` public class SelectCompanyItem { public string Name { get; set; } public Guid Id { get; set; } } public IEnumerable<SelectCompanyItem> SubcontractCompanies(Guid id) { return from c in db.companies select new SelectCompanyItem { Name = c.company_name, Id = c.company_id }; } ``` View: ``` <p> <label for="Companies">Company:</label> <%= Html.ListBox("Companies", Model.Companies) %> <%= Html.ValidationMessage("Companies", "*") %> </p> ``` produced html: ``` <p> <label for="Companies">Company:</label> <select id="Companies" multiple="multiple" name="Companies"><option value="4cf411d0-e111-488b-822f-ea194951cfda">Second Company</option> <option value="1c21e613-a668-4817-bf6d-73befb8c9dbd">Test Company</option> </select> </p> ```