How can I use Enums on my Razor page in MVC3?

Question

I declared an enum:

public enum HeightTypes{    Tall,    Short}

Now I want to use it on my razor page like this:

@if (Model.Met         


        

Answer 1

You have an error in your enum declaration (remove the trailing ;):

public enum HeightTypes { Short = 0, Tall = 1 }

then the following test should work:

@if (Model.Meta.Height == HeightTypes.Tall)
{

}

you just have to make sure that your view is strongly typed and that you have brought into scope the namespace in which the Height enum is defined:

@using SomeAppName.Models
@model SomeViewModel

or reference the enum like this:

@if (Model.Meta.Height == SomeAppName.Models.HeightTypes.Tall)
{

}

But to avoid doing this in all your razor views that require using this enum, it is easier to declare it in the section in the ~/Views/web.config: