How do I populate a dropdownlist with enum values?

Question

I have an enum for one of the properties of my view-model. I want to display a drop-down list that contains all the values of the enum. I can get this to work with the fol

Answer 1

So many good answers - I thought I'sd add my solution - I am building the SelectList in the view (and not in the Controller):

In my c#:

namespace ControlChart.Models
//My Enum
public enum FilterType { 
[Display(Name = "Reportable")]    
Reportable = 0,    
[Display(Name = "Non-Reportable")]    
NonReportable,    
[Display(Name = "All")]    
All };

//My model:
public class ChartModel {  
[DisplayName("Filter")]  
public FilterType Filter { get; set; }
}

In my cshtml:

@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
@using ControlChart.Models
@model ChartMode
@*..........*@
@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Filter,                           
from v in (ControlChart.Models.FilterType[])(Enum.GetValues(typeof(ControlChart.Models.FilterType)))
select new SelectListItem() {
    Text = ((DisplayAttribute)(typeof(FilterType).GetField(v.ToString()).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false).First())).Name,                             
    Value = v.ToString(),                             
    Selected = v == Model.Filter                           
    })

HTH