{"id":14951,"date":"2022-10-09T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T13:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-adding-selectlistitem-class-without-include-system-web-mvc-in-c\/"},"modified":"2022-10-09T19:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T13:32:36","slug":"solved-adding-selectlistitem-class-without-include-system-web-mvc-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-adding-selectlistitem-class-without-include-system-web-mvc-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Adding SelectListItem() class without include System.Web.MVC in C#"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-42640608\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"42640608\" data-parentid=\"42640370\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>You can not achieve this behaviour without adding the namespace, as it stored info about this class.<\/p>\n<p>However, you can create your own select item class and create an extension method for converting items of your class to <code>SelectListItem<\/code> as following:<\/p>\n<pre><code>public class SimpleItem\n{\n    public string Text { get; set; }\n    public string Value { get; set; }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><code>SimpleItem<\/code> should be stored in assembly to which <code>ViewModel<\/code>s and <code>View<\/code>s have access.<\/p>\n<p>And in the MVC project create an extension method:<\/p>\n<pre><code>public static class HtmlExtensions \n{\n    public static MvcHtmlString LocalDropDownListFor&lt;TModel, TProperty&gt;(\n        this HtmlHelper&lt;TModel&gt; helper, Expression&lt;Func&lt;TModel, TProperty&gt;&gt; expr, \n        IEnumerable&lt;SimpleItem&gt; items)\n    {\n        return helper.DropDownListFor(expr, \n            items.Select(x =&gt; new SelectListItem { Text = x.Text, Value = x.Value } ));\n    }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>You should include <code>System.Web.Mvc.Html<\/code> for enabling <code>DropDownListFor<\/code> method call from <code>helper<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>If it is your first <code>HtmlHelper<\/code> extension, would be better to include <code>namespace<\/code> of this class into page web.config. Or you will be required to include it on page manually:<\/p>\n<pre><code>@using YourProject.RequiredNamespace\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>After all you could simple call it on page:<\/p>\n<pre><code>@Html.LocalDropDownListFor(model =&gt; model.EmpName, Model.EmpList)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">3<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Adding SelectListItem() class without include System.Web.MVC in C# <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] You can not achieve this behaviour without adding the namespace, as it stored info about this class. 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