Question

I’m trying to create a dropdownlist that contains a list of items:

@Html.DropDownList("displayCount", new SelectList(        
    new[]
    {
        new SelectListItem { Value = "25", Text = "25" },
        new SelectListItem { Value = "50", Text = "50" },
        new SelectListItem { Value = "100", Text = "100" },
    }
));

When I look at my dropdownlist, it just has 3 options that say “System.Web.Mvc.SelectListItem”

What do I need to do differently here?

Answer 1

Try:

@Html.DropDownList("displayCount", new SelectList(        
    new[]
    {
        new SelectListItem { Value = "25", Text = "25" },
        new SelectListItem { Value = "50", Text = "50" },
        new SelectListItem { Value = "100", Text = "100" },
    },
    "Value",
    "Text"
));