MVC Dropdown List using Enumerator(enum)

  In this post I will explain how to create a drop down list with Enumerator using MVC Rozar view. Many ways we have to do that but I will explain one of the easiest ways. If you follow this way we easily set select index of dropdown in Edit page also.

The view is

@{ var EnumInterval = from EnumDropDown.Interval n in  Enum.GetValues(typeof(EnumDropDown.Interval)) select new SelectListItem { Value = n.ToString(), Text = EnumDropDown.GetEnumDescription(n), }; }

The Helper class is look like below

using System.Reflection; using System.ComponentModel; namespace EnumHtmlHelper.Helper { public static class EnumDropDown { public static string GetEnumDescription<TEnum>(TEnum value) { FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString()); DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fi. GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false); if ((attributes != null) && (attributes.Length > 0)) return attributes[0].Description; else return value.ToString(); } public enum Interval { [Description("Daily")] D = 1, [Description("Quick")] Q = 2, [Description("Weekly")] W = 3 } } }

The View source look like bellow

<select id="Interval" name="Interval"> <option value="D">Daily</option> <option value="Q">Quick</option> <option value="W">Weekly</option> </select>