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Start your free trialLarry Singleton
18,946 PointsASP.NET MVC FORMS -AGAIN
Link to question: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/aspnet-mvc-forms/improving-our-form/drop-down-lists
Question:
In Report.cshtml update the "Department" field to use a drop down list.
Replace the Html.TextBoxFor method call with a call to the Html.DropDownListFor HTML helper method.
Assume that a collection of select list items (of type SelectList) is available via the ViewBag.DepartmentsSelectListItems property.
Code Provided
@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}
<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Severity)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Severity)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Reproducible)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
</div>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
}
My attempt:
@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}
<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DepartmentId, (SelectList)ViewBag.DepartmentIdSelectListItems, new { @class = "form-control"})
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Severity)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Severity)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Reproducible)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
</div>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
}
Error Message on this attempt:
Did you replace the 'DepartmentId' field's Html.TextBoxFor method call with a call to the Html.DropDownListFor HTML helper method?
@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue
@{
ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}
<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DepartmentId, (SelectList)ViewBag.DepartmentIdSelectListItems, new { @class = "form-control"})
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Severity)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Severity)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.Reproducible)
@Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible)
</div>
<div>
@Html.LabelFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
</div>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
}
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsIt looks like you used the wrong property name.
The challenge says that a list of items "is available via the ViewBag.DepartmentsSelectListItems
property", but you wrote "ViewBag.DepartmentIdSelectListItems
" instead.