What Html Helper Do I Use To Create A Simple Dropdownlist That Doesn't Take In Any Variables?

I want to have a simple select->option dropdown list that I am not passing any (SelectItem collection) values to. I already know the values so I don't need to do all that (they

Solution 1:

Use a select list with either a List of strings or a Dictionary of items (if you want different id's and values) inside your drop down list to define your values.

<%= Html.DropDownList("day", new SelectList(
    new Dictionary<int,string> { { 1, "Sunday" }, { 2, "Monday" } },
    "Key", "Value"))
%>

<%= Html.DropDownList("hour", new SelectList(
    new List<string>() { "1", "2", "3", "4" }))
%>

Solution 2:

If they are static keep them as HTML. No sense complicating things.