DropDownList or DropDownListFor in MVC3 Razor? - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a report that shows a list with the following columns:
A key column
A dropdown list showing a list of possible status
A title
This is the razor code:
#foreach (AdminSummary adminSummary in #Model.AdminSummaries) {
index++;
<div class="rep_tr0">
<div class="rep_td0" id="rk_#(index)">#adminSummary.RowKey</div>
<div class="rep_td0">Edit</div>
<div class="rep_td0">Delete</div>
<div class="rep_td0">#Html.DropDownListFor(??, ??)</div>
</div>
}
I also have the following class:
public static class AdminStatusReference
{
public static IEnumerable<SelectListItem> GetAdminStatusOptions()
{
return new[]
{
new SelectListItem { Value = "1", Text = "Released" },
new SelectListItem { Value = "2", Text = "Review" },
new SelectListItem { Value = "3", Text = "New" }
};
}
}
What I am not sure is how I can link these up. I know in the model I can store the list of
status options something like this:
vm.StatusList = GetAdminStatusOptions();
But how can I create the dropdownlist. I am very confused with all of the options of DropDownList and
DropDownListFor. Which should I be using and how can I send in the list of statuses?

Answer 1

What I am not sure is how I can link these up.
This will depend on how the model looks like.
But here's what you could do:
#for (var index = 0; index < Model.AdminSummaries.Count; index++)
{
<div class="rep_tr0">
<div class="rep_td0" id="rk_#(index)">
#Model.AdminSummaries[index].RowKey
</div>
<div class="rep_td0">
#Html.DropDownListFor(
x => x.AdminSummaries[index].Status,
AdminStatusReference.GetAdminStatusOptions()
)
</div>
<div class="rep_td0">
#Model.AdminSummaries[index].Title
</div>
</div>
}