title: Disable & Specify default selection for Html.DropDownList
body: <p>i am working on an asp.net mvc web application, inside the action method i define the following select list:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>ViewBag.ApproverID = new SelectList(db.staffs.ToList(), "ApproverID", "Name");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then on the view i am trying to disable the dropdownlist as follow:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.DropDownList("ApproverID",String.Empty,new { @disabled = "disabled" } )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but seems the dropdownlist does not allow this and will raise syntax error on the view?can anyone adivce ?
  Thanks</p>