title: how to get selected value for Kendo DropDownList
body: <p>I can't figure out how to determine which item is selected in the my kendo dropdownlist. My view defines it's model as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model KendoApp.Models.SelectorViewModel
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The ViewModel is defined as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class SelectorViewModel
  {
      //I want to set this to the selected item in the view
      //And use it to set the initial item in the DropDownList
      public int EncSelected { get; set; }
  
      //contains the list if items for the DropDownList
      //SelectionTypes contains an ID and Description
      public IEnumerable&lt;SelectionTypes&gt; ENCTypes
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and in My view I have:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().DropDownList()
                      .Name("EncounterTypes")
                      .DataTextField("Description")
                      .DataValueField("ID")
                      .BindTo(Model.ENCTypes)
                      .SelectedIndex(Model.EncSelected)
                  )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This DropDownList contains the values I expect but I need to pass the selected value back to my controller when the user clicks the submit button. Everything works fine except I don't have access to which item was selected from the controller's [HttpPost] action.  So, how do i assign the DropDownList's value to a hidden form field so it will be available to the controller?</p>