I would like to assign a static list of items in a SelectList() to a Html.DropDownList() in ASP.NET MVC, what is the best practice?
I was about to try to find a way to use new SelectList(new {key = "value"}... but one, that didn't work, and two, would I be breaking a law here, should my static list be declared in ViewData anyway and passed as IList/IENumerable?
OK I decided to take my own advice, and this should be defined in the controller:
FYI, I just returned:
PageData data = new PageData()
{
Formats = new[]
{
new { ID = "string", Name = "Text" },
new { ID = "int", Name = "Numeric" },
new { ID = "decimal", Name = "Decimal" },
new { ID = "datetime", Name = "Date/Time" },
new { ID = "timespan", Name = "Stopwatch" }
},
.............
};
return View(data);
... (ignore context) and in the View ASPX side:
<%= Html.DropDownList("type.field", new SelectList(ViewData.Model.Formats, "ID", "Name"...
If anyone has a more optimal way of doing this I'll be happy to accept their answer.