MVC Dropdownlistfor<>

Question

I just started a project in MVC. I am new to MVC asp.net. I want to add a dropdown list box like I used to add in asp.net.

code glimpses in asp.net for Dropdownlist box

Answer 1

If you want to create a drop down directly on view regardless of controller and model then you can create it using following code

@Html.DropDownList("Departments", 
  new SelectList(new [] { new KeyValuePair( "IT", 0 ), new KeyValuePair( "HR", 1 )},"Value", "Key"))