Question

I have a register model thats tighly bound to a register view. The register model has a selectlistitem poperty. Im having trouble populating a dropdownbox with the select list items.

var users = Roles.GetAllRoles();

model.UserRoles = users.Select(m => new SelectListItem()
{Value = m.ToString(),Text = m.ToString()})

@Html.DropDownListFor(r=>r.ToString(),Model.UserRoles,"Select Role")

Answer 1

You need to bind the selected value to a property of your model, like so:

(in your Model):

public string ActiveRole { get; set; }

…

(in your View):

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.ActiveRole, Model.UserRoles,"Select Role")