MVC Multiple DropDownLists from 1 List

Question

Background: I have 4 dropdown lists on my page that all use one List of SelectListItem to pull data from. All 4 of these dropdowns will always

Answer 1

Instead of using a List, use a SelectList. Then you can reuse the list of items in DropDownListFor.

Model:

public SelectList PossibleItems { get; set; }

Controller:

var items = new List();
model.PossibleItems = new SelectList(items, "Value", "Text");

View:

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Item1, Model.PossibleItems)
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Item2, Model.PossibleItems)