Html.DropDownListFor default selected value does not work - html.dropdownlistfor

Question

I have read hundreds of posts about this problem and I still can't find a solution.
Please help with this horrible mistery;
I would like to have different default values in my DropDownListFor. The "PartialViewList1 exists out of 4 items.
I want the DropDownListFor to select the id of the current item. (item.id)
But because of testing purposes I just filled in "3". And even that doesn't work.
The Models are filled correctly, I am able to add more code of the controller but that wouldn't add much. But please ask if you want me to.
And yes I know that it is better to make the SelectList in the controller, but first I want to make it work.
View:
#foreach (var item in Model.PartialViewList1)
{
<tr>
<td>Plaats: </td>
<td>#item.PlaceNumber</td>
<td>
#Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.PartialView.Id, new SelectList(Model.PartialViewList2, "Id", "Name", 3),
new { onchange = "this.form.submit();" })</td>
</tr>
}
Screen shot of the users view

Answer 1

I hope that maybe someone can use this for his or her problem.
With Stephen Mueke I have found the solution. The problem is that if "x => x.PartialView.Id" already has a value then the default value : "3" will be overriden by the Id.
And you can't generate multiple DropDownlistFor's while binding them to the same property.
My solution on my problem:
View:
#using (Html.BeginForm("_PartialSettingsDropDownList1", "Home")){
<table>
#for (int i = 0; i < Model.maxNumberOfViews; i++)
{
<tr>
<td>
Plaats #(i+1)
</td>
<td>
#Html.DropDownListFor(x => Model.PartialViewList[i].ID, new SelectList(Model.PartialViewList, "Id", "Name", Model.PartialViewList[i].ID), "select")
</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
#Html.HiddenFor(x => x.maxNumberOfViews)
<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />}
Controller:
[HttpGet]
public PartialViewResult _PartialSettingsDropDownList1()
{
PartialScreenViewModel viewModel = new PartialScreenViewModel();
viewModel.PartialViewList = homeModel.AllBoxViews(databaseRepository.PartialViews);
viewModel.maxNumberOfViews = viewModel.PartialViewList.Count();
return PartialView(viewModel);
}
[HttpPost]
public RedirectResult _PartialSettingsDropDownList1(PartialScreenViewModel viewModel)
{
for (int i = 0; i < viewModel.maxNumberOfViews; i++)
{
PartialView viewOnScreen = databaseRepository.PartialViews.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ID == viewModel.PartialViewList[i].ID);
databaseRepository.UpdatePartialView(viewOnScreen, i+1);
}
return new RedirectResult("Settings");
}
Model:
public List<PartialView> AllBoxViews(IEnumerable<PartialView> allViews)
{
List<PartialView> OnlyBoxViews = new List<PartialView>();
foreach (var item in allViews.Where(item => item.Type.Equals("box")))
{
OnlyBoxViews.Add(item);
}
return OnlyBoxViews;
}
ViewModel:
public class PartialScreenViewModel
{
public List<PartialView> PartialViewList { get; set; }
public int maxNumberOfViews { get; set; }
}
Result on screen: screenshot