SelectExtensions.DropDownListFor<TModel, TProperty> Method (HtmlHelper<TModel>, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>>, IEnumerable<SelectListItem>)

Returns an HTML select element for each property in the object that is represented by the specified expression using the specified list items.

Namespace:  System.Web.Mvc.Html
Assembly:  System.Web.Mvc (in System.Web.Mvc.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function DropDownListFor(Of TModel, TProperty) ( _
    htmlHelper As HtmlHelper(Of TModel), _
    expression As Expression(Of Func(Of TModel, TProperty)), _
    selectList As IEnumerable(Of SelectListItem) _
) As MvcHtmlString

public static MvcHtmlString DropDownListFor<TModel, TProperty>(
    this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper,
    Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression,
    IEnumerable<SelectListItem> selectList
)

[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
generic<typename TModel, typename TProperty>
static MvcHtmlString^ DropDownListFor(
    HtmlHelper<TModel>^ htmlHelper, 
    Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>^>^ expression, 
    IEnumerable<SelectListItem^>^ selectList
)

Type Parameters

• TModel
  The type of the model.

• TProperty
  The type of the value.

Parameters

• htmlHelper
  Type: System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<TModel>
  The HTML helper instance that this method extends.

• expression
  Type: System.Linq.Expressions.Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>>
  An expression that identifies the object that contains the properties to render.

• selectList
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<SelectListItem>
  A collection of SelectListItem objects that are used to populate the drop-down list.

Return Value

Type: System.Web.Mvc.MvcHtmlString
An HTML select element for each property in the object that is represented by the expression.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HtmlHelper<TModel>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

See Also

Reference

SelectExtensions Class

DropDownListFor Overload

System.Web.Mvc.Html Namespace