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

There is a new feature in ASP.NET MVC 5.1 for this.

http://www.asp.net/mvc/overview/releases/mvc51-release-notes#Enum

@Html.EnumDropDownListFor(model => model.Direction)