title: Post back selected dropdown value to GET method
body: <p>I have a form with a couple text input fields, and a couple dropdowns. After save, I redirect back to the same form, but I need a few fields to stay as it was during save, so I have a TempData object which i use on the GET method. It works great with the text inputs, but the dropdowns are still only displaying the option label.</p>
  <p>POST:</p>
  <pre><code>var ent = new MyEntity
  {
    prop1 = ent.text1, 
    prop2 = ent.text2,
    prop3 = ent.dropdown1,
    prop4 = ent.dropdown2
    //etc...
  
  };
  
  TempData[&quot;MyModel&quot;] = ent;
  </code></pre>
  <p>GET:</p>
  <pre><code>MyEntity model = (MyEntity)TempData[&quot;MyModel&quot;];
  if (model!= null)
  {
     return View(model);
  }
  else
     return View();
  </code></pre>
  <p>Is there a way to get the values from those fields?</p>