How to get the values of an enum into a SelectList

Question

Imagine I have an enumeration such as this (just as an example):

public enum Direction{
    Horizontal = 0,
    Vertical = 1,
    Diagonal = 2
}

Answer 1

It's been awhile since I've had to do this, but I think this should work.

var directions = from Direction d in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Direction))
           select new { ID = (int)d, Name = d.ToString() };
return new SelectList(directions , "ID", "Name", someSelectedValue);