Hello,

On my ViewData I have a property name Target of type string which I want the user to select from one of the possible targets.

So I added a new property to my ViewData named Targets, of type SelectList, that holds the possible targets.

Now what I need is, on my view, display a DropDownList with all items from Targets and where the selected item is the one which value is contained in Target.

On my controller:

var dict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
      dict.Add("Blank", "_blank");
      dict.Add("Parent", "_parent");
      dict.Add("Self", "_self");
      dict.Add("Top", "_top");
      viewData.Targets = new SelectList(targets);

Then on my view I have: 

<%= Html.DropDownList("", "Targets", ViewData["Targets"] ?? ViewData.Model.Targets)  %>  

What I see in my DropDownList is:

[Blank, _blank], [Top, _top], ...

What am I doing wrong?

And how can I set the default value of the DropDownList to be the value contained in ViewData["Target"]

Thank You,

Miguel