ASP.NET MVC SelectList in ViewModel

Question

I\'m working in ASP.NET MVC 5 (but this most likely applies to previous versions also). Best way to ask this question is to show you the code:

Here is the View Model:

Answer 1

I've always had better luck using IEnumerable

public class PersonCreateViewModel
{
    public IEnumerable<SelectListItem> cities {get; set;}
    public int CityId { get; set; }
    public String Name { get; set; }
    public String Address { get; set; }
}

Also, you are going to need a property on the view model to capture the selected value like CityId.

Then you can use:

Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.CityId, Model.cities)