How to add tooltip for dropdown list items in Html.DropdownListFor MVC

Question

I need to show tool tip for the values of the dropdown list items when using,

@Html.DropDownListFor(n => n.SomeProp, new SelectList(Source, "Id", "Name"));

Here source refers to a IEnumerable collection.

I believe we don't have title property here in MVC as compared to webforms.. Can you pls suggest?

There are a couple different options, see this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/11647655/… — mxmissile
– mxmissile, Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 17:43

Juan · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-04 00:58:44Z

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Little late on the response, but i'll throw my two cents in here just in case it could help answer it for someone else:

You should be able to pass the title property as an HTML attribute:

@Html.DropDownListFor(n=>n.SomeProp,
    new SelectList(Source, "Id", "Name"),new { @Title = "Tooltip here" })

Juan

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answered Nov 4, 2014 at 0:19

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