Don't know why my code isn't working.

Question

I keep getting an error message asking if I called the Html.DropDownList helper. What am I doing wrong?

Report.cshtml

@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
        @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DepartmentId, SelectList, new { @class = "form-control" })
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Severity)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Severity)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Reproducible)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
        @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
    </div>

    <button type="submit">Save</button>
}

Answer 1 · 2018-02-17T21:35:41Z

February 17, 2018 9:35pm

In the Html.DropDownListFor method, you'll need to pass in the list provided in the instructions for that argument (ViewBag.DepartmentsSelectListItems). You'll also have to cast it to a SelectList:

(SelectList)ViewBag.DepartmentsSelectListItems

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Don't know why my code isn't working.

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