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POCorrect way to use DropDownListFor with a list of primitive types?
 

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    <p>Here is the relevant code. Mind you, I did this in Notepad++ instead of copying in my code for my project at work. If I misspelled a class name in it, assume it is not misspelled in my code. No compile errors.</p> <p>Model:</p> <pre><code>public class MyViewModel { public int SelectedSomething { get; set; } public IList&lt;int&gt; Somethings { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>Controller:</p> <pre><code>public class MyController { public ActionResult Index() { var viewModel = new MyViewModel(); viewModel.Somethings = Enumerable.Range(1, 12).ToList(); return View(viewModel); } } </code></pre> <p>View (Razor):</p> <pre><code>@Html.DropDownListFor(x =&gt; x.SelectedSomething, new SelectList(Model.Somethings, Model.SelectedSomething), "Select an Option") </code></pre> <p>This will "work", but won't set values on any of the rendered <code>option</code> elements in the <code>select</code>:</p> <pre><code>&lt;select&gt; &lt;option value=""&gt;Select an Option&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;1&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;2&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;3&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;4&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;5&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;6&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;7&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;8&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;9&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;10&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;11&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option&gt;12&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; </code></pre> <p>I know of the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd505286%28v=vs.100%29.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>SelectList</code> constructor</a> that takes in the property names to use to render the <code>value</code> and <code>text</code> in the <code>option</code> elements, but it is of no use (<em>that I can see</em>) when using a collection of a primitive type like an <code>int</code>.</p> <p>Question:</p> <p>I know I can change my view model's <code>IList&lt;int&gt;</code> to <code>IList&lt;SelectListItem&gt;</code>, and create <code>SelectListItem</code> objects to represent each <code>int</code>, but that seems a bit ridiculous (as I think the constructor shouldn't leave the values blank, and should default to using the text). Am I missing something obvious here, or am I going to have to move away from using primitive types here?</p>
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