ASP.NET MVC Html.DropDownList populated by Ajax call to controller?

Question

I wanted to create an editor template for a field type that is represented as a dropdownlist. In the definition of the editor template I would like to populate the DropDown

Answer 1

I know this post is a few years old but I found it and so might you. I use the following solution and it works very well. Strong typed without the need to write a single line of Javascript.

mvc4ajaxdropdownlist.codeplex.com

You can download it via Visual Studio as a NuGet package.