Blog Code: Showing Enums as a Select List in MVC with Razor

FieldType.cs

public enum FieldType
{
    Text = 1,
    HTML = 2,
    [Display(Name = "Date/Time")]
    DateTime = 3,
    Number = 4,
    [Display(Name = "Dropdown List")]
    DropdownList = 5
}

FieldType.cshtml

@model FieldType
@using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations
<select name="@ViewData.TemplateInfo.GetFullHtmlFieldName(string.Empty)"> 
@foreach (var name in Enum.GetNames(typeof(FieldType))) {
    <option selected="selected" value="@name">@DisplayName(name)</option>
}
</select>
 
@helper DisplayName(string name) {
    var attr = typeof(FieldType).GetField(name).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false).FirstOrDefault() as DisplayAttribute;
 
    if (attr != null)
    {
        @attr.Name
    }
    else
    {
        @name
    }
}

View.cshtml

<div class="editor-label">@Html.LabelFor(model => model.Type)</div>
<div class="editor-field">@Html.EditorFor(model => model.Type)
	@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Type)
</div>