ASP.NET MVC 4 ViewModel with DropDownList data

Question

I\'m using @html.EditorFor to render my model in edit mode, and a dropdownlist is not rendered.

Here\'s my ViewModel:

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Answer 1

binding dropdown list is easy. code as follows

public ActionResult BindWithModel()
{
    List items = new List();

    items.Add(new SelectListItem 
                { Text = "Select Category", Value = "0", 
                        Selected = true });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Beverages", Value = "1" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Condiments", Value = "2" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Confections", Value = "3" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Dairy Products", Value = "4" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Grains/Cereals", Value = "5" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Meat/Poultry", Value = "6" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Produce", Value = "7" });
    items.Add(new SelectListItem
                { Text = "Seafood", Value = "8" });

    var model = new CategoryModel()
    {
        lstCategory = items,
        selected = 1
    };

    return View(model);
}

Code in view

@model BindMvcDropdownList.Models.CategoryModel

Bind MVC DropDownList with Model

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.selected, Model.lstCategory)

code taken from here http://dotnetmentors.com/mvc/how-to-bind-dropdownlist-in-asp-net-mvc-application.aspx