asp.net mvc How to add placeholder for html.dropdownlist

Question

I\'m using asp.net mvc 3.

I have this dropdownlist of countries and I want to add a placeholder for it. Here\'s my code:

@Html.DropDownList(\"country         


        

Answer 1

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.SelectedProductIDs, 
Model.AvaliableProducts.ToSelectList("ID","Name"),
                       new { @class = "chzn-select", 
                            data_placeholder="Please select a product" })...

Please see in more details : http://code.stylenet.ca/mvc3-data-placeholder-html5-attribute/