title: How can I set and get the value of a dropdownlist in a grid in Kendo UI MVC?
body: <p>I'm working with KendoUI MVC in MVC3.</p>
  
  <p>I managed to get a dropdown in a grid column. But I have no clue on how to set the selected value, and when I save it doesn't save my selected value.</p>
  
  <p>The grid</p>
  
  <pre><code>@using Perseus.Areas.Communication.Models
  @using Perseus.Common.BusinessEntities;
  
  
  &lt;div class="gridWrapper"&gt;
      @(Html.Kendo().Grid&lt;CommunicationModel&gt;()
          .Name("grid")
          .Columns(colums =&gt;
          {
              colums.Bound(o =&gt; o.communication_type_id)
                  .EditorTemplateName("_communicationDropDown")
                  .ClientTemplate("#: communication_type #")
                  .Title("Type")
                  .Width(180);
              colums.Bound(o =&gt; o.sequence).Width(180);
              colums.Bound(o =&gt; o.remarks);
              colums.Command(command =&gt; command.Edit()).Width(50);
          })
          .Pageable()
          .Sortable()
          .Filterable()
          .Groupable()
          .Editable(edit =&gt; edit.Mode(GridEditMode.InLine))
          .DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
              .Ajax()
              .ServerOperation(false)
              .Model(model =&gt; model.Id(o =&gt; o.communication_id))
                  .Read(read =&gt; read.Action("AjaxBinding", "Communication", new { id = @ViewBag.addressId }))
                  .Update(update =&gt; update.Action("Update", "Communication"))
              .Sort(sort =&gt; { sort.Add(o =&gt; o.sequence).Ascending(); })
              .PageSize(20)
          )
      )
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The EditorTemplate "_communicationDropDown</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model Perseus.Areas.Communication.Models.CommunicationModel
  
  
  @(Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(c =&gt; c.communication_type_id)
          .Name("DropDownListCommunication")
              .DataTextField("description1")
              .DataValueField("communication_type_id")
              .BindTo(ViewBag.CommunicationTypes))
  </code></pre>