title: Get selected item in DropDownList ASP.NET MVC
body: <p>I know there are multiple threads on how to get the selected value of a DropDownList. However I can't find the right way to get this value from a partial view in my controller.</p>
  
  <p>This is my partial view:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model List&lt;aptest.Models.answer&gt;
  
  @Html.DropDownList("dropdownlist", new SelectList(Model, "text", "text"))
  &lt;button type="submit"&gt;next&lt;/button&gt;
  </code></pre>