Get contents of enum to a dropdownlist

Question

I am trying to convert my Items from Enum to a dropdownlist .Please help

public enum Colors{ red,blue,green,yellow,orange,white,black,Teal,Custom } @Html.DropDownList("SelectedColourId", Model.ColourList, "(Select one Color)")

My ViewModel is below

 myPageViewModel:BasicViewModel { ..... public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> ColourList{ get; set; } ......... }

I am tried something like

myViewModel.ColourList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Colors)).ToArray() .Select(e => new SelectListItem() { Text = e.item, Value = e.itemindex });

But I don't know how to get itemText and its correesponding Index .Its throwing errors

McGarnagle · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-25 22:22:11Z

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In the controller, initialize the ColourList array using the Enum GetNames static method and Linq:

myPageViewModel.ColourList = Enum.GetNames(typeof(Colors)) .Select(c => new SelectListItem() { Text = c, Value = c }) .ToArray();

edited Apr 25, 2012 at 22:22

answered Apr 25, 2012 at 22:09

McGarnagle

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McGarnagle Over a year ago

@Millar gah, forgot you can't set the values in the constructor. The above should work now.

Millar Over a year ago

But is there a way I can get Index of the item in palce of Value ?

McGarnagle Over a year ago

@Millar sure, just use Value = (int)Enum.Parse(typeof(Colors), c)

Sameer Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-19 13:42:31Z

to add the option in dropdown from enum use the below code:

 foreach (DropDownEnum enumValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(DropDownEnum))) { model.SortOptions.Add(new SelectListItem() { Text = enumValue.ToString(), Value = url+enumValue.ToString(), Selected = false }); }

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