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WidgetFactory<TModel>.DropDownBoxFor<TProperty>(Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>>) Method

Creates a DropDownBox control for an expression.

Namespace: DevExtreme.AspNet.Mvc.Factories

Assembly: DevExtreme.AspNet.Core.dll

#Declaration

C#
public DropDownBoxBuilder DropDownBoxFor<TProperty>(
    Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression
)

#Parameters

Name Type Description
expression Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>>

A strongly-typed lambda expression. Returns a model property that supplies data to a control.

#Type Parameters

Name Description
TProperty

The type of the expression result.

#Returns

Type Description
DropDownBoxBuilder

An instance of DropDownBoxBuilder.

#Remarks

This method creates a DropDownBoxBuilder class instance based on a data model property. Use members of this class to specify control options.

@model SampleModel

@(Html.DevExtreme().DropDownBoxFor(m => m.ModelProperty) // create a DropDownBox
    // call methods to specify additional control options
)

Refer to Strongly-Typed Helpers for more information.

See Also