title: Set a selected value by default in List SelectList
body: <p>I want to set a selected value in my select list by default.</p>
  
  <p>Here I have this select list :</p>
  
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  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code>@{
  List
  &lt;SelectListItem&gt;
  dateEcheancierCc = new List
  &lt;SelectListItem&gt;
  ();
  foreach (var dateEch in arrayDateEcheancierCc)
  {
  dateEcheancierCc.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = dateEch, Value = dateEch },"Value","Text","Selected-value-by-default");
  }
  &lt;div class="md-select px-0" style="min-width:0px"&gt;
     @Html.DropDownList("DateEche", dateEcheancierCc, new { @class = "form-conrol" })
  &lt;/div&gt;
  }</code></pre>
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  <p>Here I'am trying to set "Selected-value-by-default" is selected by default but it is not working for me why ?</p>
  
  <p>Here the Dropdownlist:</p>
  
  <p><div class="snippet" data-lang="js" data-hide="false" data-console="true" data-babel="false">
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  <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code> @Html.DropDownList("DateEche", dateEcheancierCc, new { @class = "form-conrol" })</code></pre>
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