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I have some markup similar to the following: <select> <option selected="selected">Apple</option> <option selected="">Orange</option> </select> In this case, "Orange" shows as the selected item. I would have expected making the selected attribute blank would undo its effects. Is there a way to write this without simply leaving the attribute out? Different browser may treat this attribute differently. According to the MSDN documentation (for Internet Explorer): To select an item in HTML, it is not necessary to set the value of the SELECTED attribute to true. The mere presence of the SELECTED

Here is my model: public class NewsCategoriesModel { public int NewsCategoriesID { get; set; } public string NewsCategoriesName { get; set; } } My controller: public ActionResult NewsEdit(int ID, dms_New dsn) { dsn = (from a in dc.dms_News where a.NewsID == ID select a).FirstOrDefault(); var categories = (from b in dc.dms_NewsCategories select b).ToList(); var selectedValue = dsn.NewsCategoriesID; SelectList ListCategories = new SelectList(categories, "NewsCategoriesID", "NewsCategoriesName",selectedValue); // ViewBag.NewsCategoriesID = new SelectList(categories as IEnumerable<dms_NewsCategory

I am using Angular JS and I need to set a selected option of a dropdown list control using angular JS. Forgive me if this is ridiculous but I am new with Angular JS Here is the dropdown list control of my html <select ng-required="item.id==8 && item.quantity > 0" name="posterVariants" ng-show="item.id==8" ng-model="item.selectedVariant" ng-change="calculateServicesSubTotal(item)" ng-options="v.name for v in variants | filter:{type:2}"> </select> After it gets populated I get <select ng-options="v.name for v in variants | filter:{type:2}" ng-change="calculateServicesSubTotal(item)" ng-model=