Hi,

I must be insane because I couldn’t get EPiServer 7.5 MVC to render a simple DropDownList in edit mode. A case of trying too hard and frustration led to this post. Why do they make it so difficult to do the simplest of things :)

I have googled and searched the forum but EPiServer has a specializedProperty and they don’t let you map a simple DropDownList to it?

 

public virtual DropDownList ActiveView { get; set; }

gives the error:

Why has this information not been added to this fine list here: http://world.episerver.com/Documentation/Items/Developers-Guide/EPiServer-CMS/75/Content/Properties/Property-types/ ?

Anyway, in case you are wondering. Since EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyDropDownList is a really a string, just do this: 

[UIHint("DropDownList")]

        public virtual string ActiveView { get; set; }