ASP.NET MVC Dropdown List From SelectList

Question

I am building the following SelectList in my controller.

var u = new NewUser();

u.UserTypeOptions = new SelectList(new List

        

Answer 1

Try this, just an example:

u.UserTypeOptions = new SelectList(new[]
    {
        new { ID="1", Name="name1" },
        new { ID="2", Name="name2" },
        new { ID="3", Name="name3" },
    }, "ID", "Name", 1);

Or

u.UserTypeOptions = new SelectList(new List
    {
        new SelectListItem { Selected = true, Text = string.Empty, Value = "-1"},
        new SelectListItem { Selected = false, Text = "Homeowner", Value = "2"},
        new SelectListItem { Selected = false, Text = "Contractor", Value = "3"},
    },"Value","Text");