MVC - Set selected value of SelectList

Question

How can I set the selectedvalue property of a SelectList after it was instantiated without a selectedvalue;

SelectList selectList = new SelectList(items, \"I         


        

Answer 1

I ended up here because SelectListItem is no longer picking the selected value correctly. To fix it, I changed the usage of EditorFor for a "manual" approach:

        
            @foreach (var role in ViewBag.Roles)
            {
                if (Model.Roles.First().RoleId == role.Value)
                {
                    @role.Text
                }
                else
                {
                    @role.Text
                }
            }
        

Hope it helps someone.