c# - How to turn a Selectlist into Html.SelectListFor() -

i need following turned @html helper drop down list.

<select size="30" class="scrollableinside" id="customerselect">     @foreach (var customer in model.customers)     {          <option  value=@customer.customercontacts.first().customercontactid>@customer.customername &#09;&emsp;&#09; @customer.customercontacts.first().phone</option>     } </select> 

since i'm doing little unnorthodox .first() , 2 pieces of data being put list i'm not sure how make @html.selectlistfor this.

@html.dropdownlistfor(model => model.customerid, new selectlist(model.customers, "customerid", "what put here")) 

you should try this

public class indexviewmodel {     // stores selected value drop down box.     [required]     public int countryid { get; set; }      // contains list of countries.     public selectlist countries { get; set; } }  public class homecontroller : controller {     [httpget]     public actionresult index()     {         indexviewmodel viewmodel = new indexviewmodel();         viewmodel.countries = new selectlist(getcountries(), "id", "name");         return view(viewmodel);     }      [httppost]     public actionresult index(indexviewmodel viewmodel)     {         viewmodel.countries = new selectlist(getcountries(), "id", "name");         if (!modelstate.isvalid)             return view(viewmodel);          //todo: selected country...         cmsservice.updatecurrentlocation(viewmodel.countryid);          return view(viewmodel);     } } 

in view

@html.dropdownlistfor(x => x.countryid, model.countries) 

or can use

@html.dropdownlistfor(x => x.countryid, model.countries, "- please select -")