Static List of Items in a DropdownList using MVC 5
Create.cshtml
<div class="form-group">@Html.LabelFor(model => model.ProjectStatus, new { @class = "control-label col-md-2" })
<div class="col-md-10">
@{
List<SelectListItem> lstItems = new List<SelectListItem>();
lstItems.Add(new SelectListItem
{
Text = "Upcoming",
Value = "1",
//Selected=true
});
lstItems.Add(new SelectListItem
{
Text = "Ongoing",
Value = "2"
});
lstItems.Add(new SelectListItem
{
Text = "Ready",
Value = "3"
});
}
@Html.DropDownList("ProjectStatus", lstItems)
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ProjectStatus)
</div>
</div>
To add CSS Class 'dropdownList' :
@Html.DropDownList("ProjectStatus",listItems,new{@class="dropdownList"})
Index.cshtml
<td>@{
@(item.ProjectStatus.ToString()=="1"?"Upcoming":
(item.ProjectStatus.ToString()=="2"?"Ongoing":"Ready"))
}
</td>
To Get:
