simple asp.net tag helper list<> question

Question

I am not sure if you can even do this, I am just learning and experimenting some.

In a cshtml file I have:

@{ 
List<string> items = new List<string>();
items.Add("item 1");
items.Add("item2");

}

Then I want to just access that in a select:

            <td><select asp-for="Genre" asp-items=@items /></td>

Is there a way to do this or I am just trying to feed a baseball to a horse who really wants an apple?

Answer 1

You can try to use List<SelectListItem> instead of List<string>

The SelectListItem class belongs to Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Rendering namespace.

@{ 

    List<SelectListItem> items= new List<SelectListItem>()
    {
        new SelectListItem {Text = "item1", Value = "item1"},
        new SelectListItem {Text = "item2", Value = "item2"}
    };
}

<td><select asp-for="Genre" asp-items="@items"></select></td>