how to get selected value for Kendo DropDownList -

i can't figure out how determine item selected in kendo dropdownlist. view defines it's model as:

@model kendoapp.models.selectorviewmodel 

the viewmodel defined as:

public class selectorviewmodel {     //i want set selected item in view     //and use set initial item in dropdownlist     public int encselected { get; set; }      //contains list if items dropdownlist     //selectiontypes contains id , description     public ienumerable<selectiontypes> enctypes } 

and in view have:

@(html.kendo().dropdownlist()                     .name("encountertypes")                     .datatextfield("description")                     .datavaluefield("id")                     .bindto(model.enctypes)                     .selectedindex(model.encselected)                 ) 

this dropdownlist contains values expect need pass selected value controller when user clicks submit button. works fine except don't have access item selected controller's [httppost] action. so, how assign dropdownlist's value hidden form field available controller?

maybe should using dropdownlistfor construct of kendo dropdownlist in view:

@(html.kendo().dropdownlistfor(m => m.encselected)                     .name("encountertypes")                     .datatextfield("description")                     .datavaluefield("id")                     .bindto(model.enctypes)                     .selectedindex(model.encselected)                 ) 

this way, when submit, availble on post request , won't need put hidden field anywhere.

but should need use hidden field reason, put there, subscribe the select event of dropdown list , put using jquery (for instance) put selected item on hidden field.

it's choice :)