Adding “Select” option as default in Dropdown List

You can add a default “Select” option in a drop down list by two ways:

1. Before loading the drop down list with data.
2. After loading the drop down with data.

In first case you can do it as mentioned below:

DropDownList1.AppendDataBoundItems = true;
DropDownList1.Items.Add(new ListItem(“Select”, “-1”));
//Bind Your DropDownList here with data from database

For second case you can bind it as mentioned below:

//Bind Your DropDownList here with data from database
DropDownList1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem(“Select”, “-1”));

Happy Coding 🙂