If you have a Enum and want to bind it to the Dropdownlist in ASP.NET MVC 4 Page , you can do this easily with the help of LINQ and Anonymous properties.
How to create Dropdownlist in ASP.NET MVC from Enum Data source ?
Below is a sample sourecode demonstrating how to create Dropdownlist in ASP.NET MVC from Enum Data source .
Controller
public class IndexController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
var Movies = from BlockbusterMovies data in Enum.GetValues(typeof(BlockbusterMovies))
select new { id = data, MovieName = data.ToString() };
ViewData["movies"] = new SelectList(Movies, "ID", "MovieName", BlockbusterMovies.Nanban);
return View();
}
}
public enum BlockbusterMovies
{
Vishwaroopam = 1,
Thuppaki = 2,
Nanban = 3,
Mankatha = 4,
Velayutham = 5
}
View
@Html.DropDownList("movies")
In the above example , i have an enum BlockbusterMovies which needs to be bound to the dropdownlist. Enum.GetValues is used to get the values from the Enum which is used in the LINQ Query to form the List and then assigned to the ViewData which is bound to the dropdownlist.
