How to make a default editor template for enums?

Question

How can I make a default editor template for enums? By which I mean: can I do something like this:

<%@ Control Language=\"C#\" Inherits=\"System.Web.Mvc.V         


        

Answer 1

Thank you all for your contributions
Yngvebn, i tried your solution (in your last comment) before, but the only thing i didn't do is the , i used instead in generic type.

at last the solution is :
create a template named Enum.acsx and put it under the Views\Shared\EditorTemplates

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="the extension methods namespace" %>
<% Enum model = (Enum)Model; %>
<%=Html.DropDownList(model.GetType().Name,model.GetType())%>

and in your Entity:

public class Person
{
  [UIHint("Enum")]
  public GenderEnum Gender{get;set;}
}

public Enum GenderEnum
{
 [Description("Male Person")]
 Male,
 [Description("Female Person")]
 Female
}

and again there is Extention Methods:

public static class HtmlHelperExtension
    {
        public static MvcHtmlString DropDownListFor(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, Expression> expression, Type enumType)
        {
            List list = new List();
            Dictionary enumItems = enumType.GetDescription();
            foreach (KeyValuePair pair in enumItems)
                list.Add(new SelectListItem() { Value = pair.Key, Text = pair.Value });
            return htmlHelper.DropDownListFor(expression, list);
        }

        /// 

        /// return the items of enum paired with its descrtioption.
        /// 
        /// enumeration type to be processed.
        /// 
        public static Dictionary GetDescription(this Type enumeration)
        {
            if (!enumeration.IsEnum)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("passed type must be of Enum type", "enumerationValue");
            }

            Dictionary descriptions = new Dictionary();
            var members = enumeration.GetMembers().Where(m => m.MemberType == MemberTypes.Field);

            foreach (MemberInfo member in members)
            {
                var attrs = member.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
                if (attrs.Count() != 0)
                    descriptions.Add(member.Name, ((DescriptionAttribute)attrs[0]).Description);
            }
            return descriptions;
        }

    }