Populate DropDownList in MVC 5

Question

Here is my code for my AddNewProductViewModel

using AccessorizeForLess.Data;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataA         


        

Answer 1

First I would change your ViewModel to include a SelectedCategoryId and I would change your options to be Categories.

Without seeing the code for your get I am assumbing ProductCategory is something like the following:

public class ProductCategory {
  public int Id {get;set;}
  public string Name { get;set;}
}

Your razor mark-up would them become:

     @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Categories, new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
        

            @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedCategoryId, 
            new SelectList(Model.Categories, "Id", "Name"), "- Please Select -")
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Categories)
        

The first parameter is the selected catgegory and your options are populated from Categories.

WorkingFiddle