MVC DropDownList SelectedValue not displaying correctly

Question

I tried searching and didn\'t find anything that fixed my problem. I have a DropDownList on a Razor view that will not show the the item that I have marked as Selected in th

Answer 1

For me, the issue was caused by big css padding numbers ( top & bottom padding inside the dropdown field). Basically, the item was being shown but not visible because it was way down. I FIXED it by making my padding numbers smaller.