@model IEnumerable<String> @section TitleContent{ Add Existing Series } @section MainContent{ @if (Model.Count() == 0) { @Html.DisplayText("No Series to Add"); } @Html.DropDownList("masterDropbox", (SelectList) ViewData["qualities"], new {style = "width: 100px;", id = "masterDropboxId"}) @Html.Telerik().DropDownList().Name("tester").BindTo((SelectList) ViewData["qualities"]).HtmlAttributes( new {style = "width: 100px", @class = "qualityDropbox"}) @foreach (var path in Model) { Html.RenderAction("RenderPartial", "AddSeries", new {path}); } <script type="text/javascript"> $("#masterDropboxId").change(function () { var selectedQuality = $('#masterDropboxId').get(0).selectedIndex; //$(".qualityDropbox").data("tComboBox").value(selectedQuality); //$(".qualityDropbox").data("tDropDownList").val(selectedQuality); var comboBox = $(".qualityDropbox").data("tDropDownList"); comboBox.select(selectedQuality); }); </script> }