正确使用@ Html.DropDownListfor

Question

I have this textbox :

@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Type)

Model.Type is a string. I want to change this to DropDownList for that type. I want to handle list elements on View, I don't want to use a class for that. My failed attempt is this :

@Html.DropDownListFor(model=>model.Type, 
 new List<SelectListItem>
{
  new SelectListItem {"Horror"},
  new SelectListItem {"Fiction"},
  new SelectListItem {"Romance"},
})

How can I use DropDownListFor correctly in this case? Thanks.

Answer 1

Almost there. This

new SelectListItem {"Horror"}

makes no sense.

it should be

new SelectListItem { Text = "Horror", Value = "Horror" }