Question

I have follwoing code

@Html.DropDownList("optionsforuser", new SelectList(new[] { "Option1", "Option2", "Option3" }), "Select")

Is there anyway to initialize a value of 100 for Option1, 200 for Option2, 250 for Option3 etc within SelectList?

Answer 1

Try using this Extension:

@Html.DropDownList("optionsforuser", 
    new SelectList(new Dictionary<string, int> 
        {
            {"Option1", 100},
            {"Option2", 200},
            {"Option3", 250}
        },
        "Value", "Key")
)

and pass it a Dictionary<string, int> with the dataValueField and dataTextField populated with your values and text

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SelectExtensions.DropDownList Method (HtmlHelper, String, IEnumerable(Of SelectListItem))

public static MvcHtmlString DropDownList(
    this HtmlHelper htmlHelper,
    string name,
    IEnumerable<SelectListItem> selectList
)

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SelectList Constructor (IEnumerable, String, String)

public SelectList(
    IEnumerable items,
    string dataValueField,
    string dataTextField
)