Kendo MVC UI ComboBox Dictionary Binding

Question

How to bind type Dictionary to Kendo Combobox? ``` @(Html.Kendo().ComboBox() .Name("Division") .DataTextField("Key") .DataValueField("Value") .BindTo(Model.Filter.DivisionList) ) ``` Model.Filter.DivisionList is Dictionary With above code I have an error "not supported for serialization/deserialization of a dictionary, keys must be strings or objects." Is there a simple workaround for this issue?

Accepted Answer

You can bind to `IEnumerable<SelectListItem>` To get it, you can use simple query:

```
var selectList = Model.Filter.DivisionList.Select(c=>new SelectListItem{Text = c.Value, Value = c.Key.ToString()});
```

Kendo MVC UI ComboBox Dictionary<int,string> Binding

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