title: how to get the selected item from dropdown in MVC
body: <p>This is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Html.DropDownList("Locate", new List&lt;SelectListItem&gt;
  {
      new SelectListItem {Text = "Luxor", Value="1"},
      new SelectListItem {Text = "Abu Simbel Airport", Value="2"},
      new SelectListItem {Text = "Other", Value="3"}
  },"Select Location")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>what I need is, when user select a list item, how to pass the selected item to controller. because data load is change according to selected list item.like below in controller.</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (Value == "1")
  {
      return View(cp);
  }
  else
  {
      return View(cp1);
  }
  </code></pre>