Problem binding enum to dropdownlist

[Steve]

I am trying to bind an enum to a dropdown list. I am successful using the vanilla @Html.DropDownListFor, but unsuccessful with the @Html.Kendu().DropDownListFor.

My enum provider is:

public static IEnumerable<SelectListItem> SexListItems
{
    get
    {
        foreach (var value in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Sex)))
        {
            string name = string.Format("Sex.{0}", Enum.GetName(typeof (Sex), value));
            var text = Resources.Shared.EnumStrings.ResourceManager.GetString(name);
            yield return new SelectListItem() {Value = value.ToString(), Text = text};
        }
    }
}

The following code works well, showing the list and binding to the  property::

@Html.DropDownListFor(p => p.Sex, DataProviders.SexListItems)

However, the following displays the list, but does not bind to the property:
               

@Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(p => p.Sex).BindTo(ELSORegistry.DataProviders.SexListItems)

 

 

 

[Petur Subev]

Hello Steven,

When the field which you want to edit as an enum then we cannot determine whether the value is the string representation or the int representation of that enum.
For example in your case the SelectListItem value is actually the string (text) representation.
So you need to specify the value manually by turning the enum value into string.

e.g.

@Html.Kendo().DropDownListFor(m=>m.Sex).BindTo(YourProvider.SexListItems).Value(Model.Sex.ToString())

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
the Telerik team

[Steve]

Many thanks. Petur, it works perfectly. Great product, just having to navigate the learning curve.