WebApplication.Models.Category instead of value-CodePudding

I want to add a DropDownList in my Insert View.

Controller:

public ActionResult Create()
{
    ViewBag.CategoryList = new SelectList(Category.GetCategories());
    return View("Insert", new Category()); 
}

View:

    @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.Category, (IEnumerable<SelectListItem>) 
   (ViewBag.CategoryList), "Select Category", htmlAttributes: new { @class = "form-control" })

The Category class has only one string field named Title. Instead of getting the value of Title I'm getting WebApplication.Models.Category.

CodePudding user response：

Check that the Title is defined as property and not a field to be data binding work properly.

Then try the following:

public ActionResult Create()
{
    ViewBag.CategoryList = Category.GetCategories();
    return View("Insert", new Product()); 
}

And in the Insert view:

@using WebApplication1.Models @* Category namespace *@
@model WebApplication1.Models.Product

@{   
    IEnumerable<Category> categories = (IEnumerable<Category>)ViewBag.CategoryList;
}

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => categories.GetEnumerator().Current,
          categories.Select(d =>
          {
              return new SelectListItem() { Text = d.Title, Value = d.Title };
          }),
          "Select Category", new { @class = "form-control" })