Show DisplayAttribute Value in DropDownList

[Christian]

My Model uses the following Enum :
    public enum Priority {
        [Display(Name = "Niedrig")]
        Low,
        [Display(Name = "Normal")]
        Normal,
        [Display(Name = "Hoch")]
        High
    }


I want to show the DisplayName Attribute Value in the DropDownList.

How must this line be changed in order to achive this?
@Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(model => model.Priority).BindTo(Enum.GetNames(typeof(Priority))).Value(Model.Priority.ToString())

[Vladimir Iliev]

Hi Christian,

For convenience I created small example of the correct way of localizing the Enum items and using them as data for the DropDownList - you can find the demo attached to the current thread.

Regards,
Vladimir Iliev
Telerik

 

 

[Jimmie]

I know this post almost a year old, but there is an easier way to get the Display Name attribute values to work with the Kendo DropDownList using the EnumHelper class:

 @Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(model => model.Priority).BindTo(EnumHelper.GetSelectList(typeof(Priority))).Value(Model.Priority.ToString())

 This will work as long you are using MVC 5.1 or later.