Get the text from Html.DropdownListFor…MVC3

Question

I have a model:

public class DocumentModel
{
    public int TypeID { get; set; }
    public List DocumentTypes { get; set; }
}

Answer 1

I stumbled here trying to find the way to get the text value out of a SelectList to display it in a format other than a DropDownList (I'm reusing my Edit ViewModel as it has all the data I required)

var text = selectList.Where(q => q.Selected == true).First().Text;