DropDownList in MVC 4 with Razor

Question

I'm trying to create a DropDownList on a razor view.

Would someone help me with this?

Normal HTML5 code:

<select id="dropdowntipo">
    <option value="Exemplo1">Exemplo1</option>
    <option value="Exemplo2">Exemplo2</option>
    <option value="Exemplo3">Exemplo3</option>
</select>

I tried this:

@{
    var listItems = new List<ListItem> { 
        new ListItem { Text = "Exemplo1", Value = "Exemplo1" }, 
        new ListItem { Text = "Exemplo2", Value = "Exemplo2" }, 
        new ListItem { Text = "Exemplo3", Value = "Exemplo3" } 
    };
}

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => 
    model.tipo, 
    new SelectList(listItems), 
    "-- Select Status --"
)

Answer 1

//ViewModel

public class RegisterViewModel
{

    public RegisterViewModel()
    {
        ActionsList = new List<SelectListItem>();
    }

    public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> ActionsList { get; set; }

    public string StudentGrade { get; set; }

  }

//Enum Class:

public enum GradeTypes
{
    A,
    B,
    C,
    D,
    E,
    F,
    G,
    H
}

//Controller Action

 public ActionResult Student()
    {
RegisterViewModel vm = new RegisterViewModel();
IEnumerable<GradeTypes> actionTypes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(GradeTypes))
                                             .Cast<GradeTypes>();
        vm.ActionsList = from action in actionTypes
                         select new SelectListItem
                         {
                             Text = action.ToString(),
                             Value = action.ToString()
                         };
        return View(vm);
    }

//view Action

 <div class="form-group">
                                <label class="col-lg-2 control-label" for="hobies">Student Grade:</label>
                                <div class="col-lg-10">
                                   @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.StudentGrade, Model.ActionsList, new { @class = "form-control" })
                                </div>

Answer 2

If you're using ASP.net 5 (MVC 6) or later then you can use the new Tag Helpers for a very nice syntax:

<select asp-for="tipo">
    <option value="Exemplo1">Exemplo1</option>
    <option value="Exemplo2">Exemplo2</option>
    <option value="Exemplo3">Exemplo3</option>
</select>

Answer 3

You can use this:

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Tipo, new List<SelectListItem>
    {
                        new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo1", Value="Exemplo1"},
                        new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo2", Value="Exemplo2"},
                        new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo3", Value="Exemplo3"}
    })  

Answer 4

@{
   List<SelectListItem> listItems= new List<SelectListItem>();
   listItems.Add(new SelectListItem
        {
          Text = "Exemplo1",
          Value = "Exemplo1"
        });
   listItems.Add(new SelectListItem
        {
            Text = "Exemplo2",
            Value = "Exemplo2",
            Selected = true
        });
   listItems.Add(new SelectListItem
        {
            Text = "Exemplo3",
            Value = "Exemplo3"
        });
}

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.tipo, listItems, "-- Select Status --")

Answer 5

Using an array would be a little more efficient than creating a list.

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Tipo, new SelectListItem[]{
                new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo1", Value="Exemplo1"},
                new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo2", Value="Exemplo2"},
                new SelectListItem() {Text = "Exemplo3", Value="Exemplo3"}})