title: How do I get the value of my drop down list
body: <p>I am trying to return the selected item and when i debug my code, the view data track list is always null.</p>
  
  <p>How can I assign the value to the view data?</p>
  
  <pre><code>public ActionResult EditParcel(int id)
  {
      Parcel parc = _abcSearchService.GetAbcParcel(id);
      List&lt;SelectListItem&gt; TrackList = new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;
      {
          new SelectListItem { Text = "Processing", Value = "Processing", Selected = true},      
          new SelectListItem { Text = "Out for delivery", Value = "Out for delivery"},
          new SelectListItem { Text = "Delivered", Value = "Delivered"},
      };
      ViewData["TrackList"] = TrackList.AsEnumerable();
  }
  </code></pre>