c# - How to create Select List for Country and States/province in MVC

Question

Hi I am new to MVC and even asp..

I want to create a form in MVC. With the help of some examples I am able to create TextBoxes, but I now I don't understand how to create Select List./

I tried searching many examples for implementing Select List in MVC, but I am not able to understand.

I have a Form which is half coded in HTML and half in MVC.

Here is my Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace MedAvail.Applications.MedProvision.Web.Models
{
    public class AddressViewModel
    {
        public string Street1 { get; set; }
        public string Street2 { get; set; }
        public string City { get; set; }
        public string Province { get; set; }
        public string Country { get; set; }
        public string PostalCode { get; set; }
        public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
    }
}




<form id="locationInfo">
    <h1>Location Information</h1>
    <table width="80%" id="locInfo">
        <colgroup>
            <col width="20%" />
            <col />
        </colgroup>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.Label("Country")</th>
            <td>
                <select required="">
                    <option>Select Country</option>
                    <option>Canada</option>
                    <option>United States</option>
                </select>
                <span class="required">*</span>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.State)</th>
            <td>
                <select required="">
                    <option>Select State</option>
                    <option>State 1</option>
                    <option>State 2</option>
                    <option>State 3</option>
                        ...............
                </select><span class="required">*</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.PostalCode)</th>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.PostalCode)<span class="required">*</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.City)</th>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.City)<span class="required">*</span></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.StreetAddress1)</th>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.StreetAddress1)<span class="required">*</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.StreetAddress2)</th>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.StreetAddress2)</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>@Html.LabelFor(x=>x.PhoneNumber)</th>
            <td>@Html.TextBoxFor(x=>x.PhoneNumber)</td>
        </tr>

    </table>


    <div role="button" class="marginTop50 marginBottom">
        <input type="button" id="step3Back" value="Back" class="active" />
        <input type="button" id="step3confirmNext" value="Next" class="active marginLeft50" />
    </div>
</form>

Please guide me on how to create the Select List for this kind of form.

Answer 1

public static List<SelectListItem> States = new List<SelectListItem>()
    {
        new SelectListItem() {Text="Alabama", Value="AL"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Alaska", Value="AK"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Arizona", Value="AZ"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Arkansas", Value="AR"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="California", Value="CA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Colorado", Value="CO"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Connecticut", Value="CT"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="District of Columbia", Value="DC"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Delaware", Value="DE"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Florida", Value="FL"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Georgia", Value="GA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Hawaii", Value="HI"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Idaho", Value="ID"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Illinois", Value="IL"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Indiana", Value="IN"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Iowa", Value="IA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Kansas", Value="KS"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Kentucky", Value="KY"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Louisiana", Value="LA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Maine", Value="ME"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Maryland", Value="MD"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Massachusetts", Value="MA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Michigan", Value="MI"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Minnesota", Value="MN"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Mississippi", Value="MS"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Missouri", Value="MO"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Montana", Value="MT"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Nebraska", Value="NE"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Nevada", Value="NV"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="New Hampshire", Value="NH"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="New Jersey", Value="NJ"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="New Mexico", Value="NM"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="New York", Value="NY"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="North Carolina", Value="NC"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="North Dakota", Value="ND"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Ohio", Value="OH"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Oklahoma", Value="OK"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Oregon", Value="OR"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Pennsylvania", Value="PA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Rhode Island", Value="RI"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="South Carolina", Value="SC"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="South Dakota", Value="SD"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Tennessee", Value="TN"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Texas", Value="TX"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Utah", Value="UT"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Vermont", Value="VT"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Virginia", Value="VA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Washington", Value="WA"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="West Virginia", Value="WV"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Wisconsin", Value="WI"},
        new SelectListItem() { Text="Wyoming", Value="WY"}
    };

How we do it is put this method into a class and then call the class from the view

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.State, Class.States)