How do you create a dropdownlist from an enum in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I\'m trying to use the Html.DropDownList extension method but can\'t figure out how to use it with an enumeration.

Let\'s say I have an enumeration like

Answer 1

I would like to answer this question in a different way where, user need not to do anything in controller or Linq expression. This way...

I have a ENUM

public enum AccessLevelEnum
    {
        /// 

        /// The user cannot access
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("No Access")]
        NoAccess = 0x0,

        /// 

        /// The user can read the entire record in question
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("Read Only")]
        ReadOnly = 0x01,

        /// 

        /// The user can read or write
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("Read / Modify")]
        ReadModify = 0x02,

        /// 

        /// User can create new records, modify and read existing ones
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("Create / Read / Modify")]
        CreateReadModify = 0x04,

        /// 

        /// User can read, write, or delete
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("Create / Read / Modify / Delete")]
        CreateReadModifyDelete = 0x08,

        /*/// 

        /// User can read, write, or delete
        /// 
        [EnumMember, Description("Create / Read / Modify / Delete / Verify / Edit Capture Value")]
        CreateReadModifyDeleteVerify = 0x16*/
    }

Now I canto simply create a dropdown by using this enum.

@Html.DropDownList("accessLevel",new SelectList(AccessLevelEnum.GetValues(typeof(AccessLevelEnum))),new { @class = "form-control" })

OR

@Html.DropDownListFor(m=>m.accessLevel,new SelectList(AccessLevelEnum.GetValues(typeof(AccessLevelEnum))),new { @class = "form-control" })

If you want to make a index selected then try this

@Html.DropDownListFor(m=>m.accessLevel,new SelectList(AccessLevelEnum.GetValues(typeof(AccessLevelEnum)) , AccessLevelEnum.NoAccess ),new { @class = "form-control" })

Here I have used AccessLevelEnum.NoAccess as an extra parameter for default selecting the dropdown.