How to use MVC Html Helper .DropDownListFor<> with an Enum

Question

In my MVC 3 Razor app, I have a Model with an enum..

Model Example:

public class EmployeeModel
{
 public enum Title
 {
  Accountant = 111,
  Sales =          


        

Answer 1

I solved it with this extension:

public static SelectList ToSelectListWithDefault(this TEnum enumObj, string defValue, string defText) where TEnum : IConvertible
{
    var values = new List();
    var defItem = new SelectListItem() { Value = defValue, Text = defText };
    values.Add(defItem);
    foreach (TEnum e in Enum.GetValues(typeof(TEnum)))
    {
        values.Add(new SelectListItem() { Value = e.ToInt16(null).ToString(), Text = e.ToString() });
    }

    return new SelectList(values, "Value", "Text", defItem);
}   

(I found the extension on SO, but without the default value)