Populate DropDownList using MVC 4 & Entity Framework

Question

I\'m developing MVC4 & Entity Framework Application.I wanted to populate DropDownList,I wanted to bind Category List to Dodropdown list

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Answer 1

You could do this:

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.IdCategory, ViewBag.Categories)

But I would recommend you to avoid ViewBag/ViewData and profit from your viewmodel:

public ActionResult AddProduct()
{
    var model = new TestModel();

//This is just a example, but I advise you to turn your IList in a SelectListItem, for view is more easy to work. Your List Categories will be like this hardcoded:

model.ListCategories= new SelectList(new[]
{
    new { Value = "1", Text = "Category 1" },
    new { Value = "2", Text = "Category 2" },
    new { Value = "3", Text = "Category 3" },
}, "Value", "Text");

return View(model);

}

and in the view:

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.IdCategory, Model.ListCategories)

I hope I have helped