troubles declaring static enum, C#

Question

Hi I'm trying to declar a static enum like so:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace Lds.CM.MyApp.Controllers
{
    public class MenuBarsController : Controller
    {
        // Menu Bar enums
        public static enum ProfileMenuBarTab { MainProfile, Edit, photoGallery }

        public ActionResult cpTopMenuBar(string tabSelected)
        {
            ...            

" But I'm getting the following error: "The modifier 'static' is not valid for this item." I know it's something simple but I can't seem to see the problem. Much thanks!

Answer 1

You don't need to define it as static.When an enumerated type is compiled, the C# compiler turns each symbol into a constant field of the type . For example, the compiler treats the Color enumeration shown earlier as if you had written code similar to the following:

internal struct Color : System.Enum {
            // Below are public constants defining Color's symbols and values
            public const Color White  = (Color) 0;
            public const Color Red    = (Color) 1;
            public const Color Green  = (Color) 2;
            public const Color Blue   = (Color) 3;
            public const Color Orange = (Color) 4;
            // Below is a public instance field containing a Color variable's value
            // You cannot write code that references this instance field directly
            public Int32 value__;
}

Answer 2

An enum is a type, not a value. The modifier static doesn't make much sense there.

Answer 3

Enums are types, not variables. Therefore they are 'static' per definition, you dont need the keyword.

public enum ProfileMenuBarTab { MainProfile, Edit, PhotoGallery }

Answer 4

Take out static.
Enums are types, not members; there is no concept of a static or non-static enum.

You may be trying to make a static field of your type, but that has nothing to do with the type declaration.
(Although you probably shouldn't be making a static field)

Also, you should not make public nested types.

Answer 5

You are trying to make an enum declartion static, ie a field of the type ProfileMenuBarTab. To declare a class (or whatever) in a class, leave the static out.