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How to bind dropdownlistfor as List<string> ?

How to bind dropdownlistfor as List<string> ?

Abhilash J A

Abhilash J A

9y1.4k.NET

Hello all,

Thera the values of dropdownlistfor,

public static List<string> incorporationtypelist = new List<string> { "Publicaly Held", "Privately Held", "Other" };

And this is the text of the dropdownlistfor,

"Public" ,"Private","Others"

Then, How can bind both Text and Value to drowpdownfor?

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.incorporationtypelist, new SelectList(Model.incorporationtypelist, "Value", "Text"), new { @class = "form-control" })

Please help me...

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Rehman Shahid9y ago
Accepted answer
1. public class MyClass {
3. public string Text{get;set;}
4. public string Value{get;set;}
6. }
8. public static List incorporationtypelist = new List {
10. new MyClass(){ Text="Public",Value="Publicaly Held"},
11. new MyClass(){ Text="Private",Value=""Privately Held"} ,
12. new MyClass(){ Text="Others",Value="Other"}
14. };
16. @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.incorporationtypelist, new SelectList(Model.incorporationtypelist, "Value", "Text"), new { @class = "form-control" })

Abhilash J A

Abhilash J A9y ago

@Manas Sir,

Its okay, but How can I add both Text( that is:

"Public" ,"Private","Others"

And Values (that is

"Publicaly Held", "Privately Held", "Other"

to this 'incorporationtypelist' list then after to dropdownlisfor ?

Shubham Kumar

Shubham Kumar9y ago

public SelectList incorporationtype()
{
return new SelectList(incorporationtypelist, "yourdatavaluefield", "yourdatatextfield");
}

and in your view liske as

@Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.AffilationType, (new .incorporationtype(),
new { @id = "id", @class = "select form-control" })

Manas Mohapatra

Manas Mohapatra9y ago

Try like below

@model List<string>
@Html.DropDownList(
"Foo",
new SelectList(
Model.Select(x => new { Value = x, Text = x }),
"Value",
"Text"
)
)