How to bind ejDropDownList to a MVC DropDownList?

Description

Populate the DropDownList control by using generic list.

Solution

To bind the DropDownList by using MVC generic list, the list of values from controller to the view is passed as illustrated in the following code example.

CS

List<Bikes> bike = new List<Bikes>();             // Create the list to add the dropdown items
public ActionResult DropdownlistFeatures()
{
bike.Add(new Bikes { bikeid = "bk1", text = "Apache RTR" });
bike.Add(new Bikes { bikeid = "bk2", text = "CBR 150-R" });
bike.Add(new Bikes { bikeid = "bk3", text = "CBZ Xtreme" });
bike.Add(new Bikes { bikeid = "bk4", text = "Discover" });
bike.Add(new Bikes { bikeid = "bk5", text = "Dazzler" });
return View(bike);
}

Create the class “Bikes” and define the properties in that class section, so that it is used in the controller. Refer to the following code to define the class.

Create the strongly typed view by using generic list class, to get the list of values as illustrated in the following code example.

CSHTML

@model  List<Bikes>
<div class="ctrllabel">
Select a Bike</div>
@*Element to Render Dropdown list*@
<input type="text" id="bikeList" />
</div>
<script>
$(function () {
// Get and assign the MVC List data to local data variable
var data=@Html.Raw(Json.Encode(Model));
$('#bikeList').ejDropDownList({
//Assign the DataSource value to dropdownlist control.
dataSource: data,
// Mapping the fields
fields: { id: "bikeid", text: "text", value: "text" }
});
});
</script>

In the dropdown list fields property, you can pass the following parameters other than id, text, value;

htmlAttributes,imageAttributes, imageUrl,selected,SpriteCssClass,tableName

API Reference: https://help.syncfusion.com/api/js/ejdropdownlist

Demo: https://ej2.syncfusion.com/aspnetmvc/DropDownList/DataBinding#/bootstrap5  

UG documentation: https://help.syncfusion.com/js/overview  

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to bind ejDropDownList to a MVC DropDownList.

You can refer to our ASP.NET MVC DropDownList feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our ASP.NET MVC DropDownList example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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