@model HelloWorldMvcApp.SampleViewModel
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
.field-validation-error {
<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
<h1>DropDownListFor with JS</h1>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
<div id="test" class="form-group">
<div class="alert alert-warning fade">
<img src="http://entechprod.blob.core.windows.net/dotnetfiddle/morpheus.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"/><br/><br/>
<strong><span class="alert-content"></span></strong>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.11.1/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/mvc/4.0/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function openAlert(txt) {
$('.alert-content').text(txt);
$('.alert').addClass('in');
$('.alert').removeClass('in');
var levelDropdown = '@Ajax.JavaScriptStringEncode(Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Level, Model.Levels, null, null).ToHtmlString())';
console.log(levelDropdown);
var level = "<div class='col-sm-3 search-spacing'><label for='Level'>Level</label>" +
levelDropdown.replace(/(\r\n\t|\n|\r\t)/gm,"") +"</div>";
$('#test').append(level);