How do you bind an Enum to a DropDownList control in ASP.NET?

Question

Let\'s say I have the following simple enum:

enum Response
{
    Yes = 1,
    No = 2,
    Maybe = 3
}

How can I bind this enum to a DropDow

Answer 1

ASP.NET has since been updated with some more functionality, and you can now use built-in enum to dropdown.

If you want to bind on the Enum itself, use this:

@Html.DropDownList("response", EnumHelper.GetSelectList(typeof(Response)))

If you're binding on an instance of Response, use this:

// Assuming Model.Response is an instance of Response
@Html.EnumDropDownListFor(m => m.Response)