DropDownListFor for enum with custom values (stored in attributes) doesn't select item - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have enum with assigned string values (in attributes) and would like to have html helper for displaying it. Unfortunately I need to use assigned values as a keys in ddl. Because of that it doesn't select item stored in ViewModel. What to do?
Sample Enum
public enum StatusEnum
{
[Value("AA")]
Active,
[Value("BB")]
Disabled
}
ViewModel
public class UserViewModel
{
public StatusEnum Status { get; set; }
}
View
#Html.DropDownListForEnum(x => x.Status, new {})
DropDownListForEnum helper
public static MvcHtmlString DropDownListForEnum<TModel, TEnum>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TEnum>> expression, object htmlAttributes)
{
var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
IEnumerable<SelectListItem> items = Enum.GetNames(typeof(TEnum))
.Select(n => (TEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(TEnum), n))
.Select(e => new SelectListItem() {
Text = e.ToString(),
Value = EnumExtension.GetValue(e).ToString(),
Selected = EnumExtension.GetValue(e) == EnumExtension.GetValue(metadata.Model)
})
.ToList();
return htmlHelper.DropDownListFor(expression, items, htmlAttributes);
}

Answer 1

Instead of passing IEnumerable<SelectListItem> to the dropdown, create and populate SelectList manually and pass that and it will work:
public static MvcHtmlString DropDownListForEnum<TModel, TEnum>(this HtmlHelper<TModel> htmlHelper, Expression<Func<TModel, TEnum>> expression, object htmlAttributes)
{
var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, htmlHelper.ViewData);
var items = Enum.GetNames(typeof(TEnum))
.Select(n => (TEnum)Enum.Parse(typeof(TEnum), n))
.Select(e => new
{
Id = Convert.ToInt32(e),
Text = e.ToString(),
Value = EnumExtension.GetValue(e).ToString(),
Selected = EnumExtension.GetValue(e) == EnumExtension.GetValue(metadata.Model)
})
.ToList();
var selectList = new SelectList(items, "Text", "Value", selectedValue: items.Find(i => i.Selected).Text);
return htmlHelper.DropDownListFor(expression, selectList, htmlAttributes);
}