How to bind dropdownlistfor as List ?

Question

Hello all Thera the values of dropdownlistfor public static List string > incorporationtypelist = new List string > { Publicaly Held  Privately Held  Other }; And this is the text of the dropdownlistfor Public  Private  Others Then How can bind both Text and Value to drowpdownfor? @Html.DropDownListFor( model = > model.incorporationtypelist new SelectList(Model.incorporationtypelist Value Text) new { @ class = form-control }) Please help me...

Rehman Shahid · Answer

public class MyClass { public string Text{ get ; set ;} public string Value{ get ; set ;} } public static List incorporationtypelist = new List { new MyClass(){ Text= Public Value= Publicaly Held } new MyClass(){ Text= Private Value=  Privately Held}  new MyClass(){ Text= Others Value= Other } }; @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.incorporationtypelist new SelectList(Model.incorporationtypelist Value  Text ) new { @ class = form-control })

Shubham Kumar · Answer

public SelectList incorporationtype ( ) { return new SelectList( incorporationtypelist  yourdatavaluefield  yourdatatextfield ); } and in your view liske as @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.AffilationType ( new . incorporationtype () new { @id = id  @ class = select form-control })

Manas Mohapatra · Answer

Try like below @model List string > @Html.DropDownList( Foo  new SelectList( Model.Select(x => new { Value = x Text = x }) Value  Text ) )

Mani Kandan · Answer

@Manas Sir Its okay but How can I add both Text( that is: Public  Private  Others And Values (that is Publicaly Held  Privately Held  Other to this ' incorporationtypelist ' list then after to dropdownlisfor ?

How to bind dropdownlistfor as List<string> ?