c# - ASP MVC 4, passing data in custom editor template -

i'm using line of code call custom editor template.

@html.editor("country", "customdropdown", countryselectionlist)

i'd access countryselectionlist in customdropdown view , iterate on items: how can that? countryselectionlist of type selectlist.

this tried in view:

@model selectlist  @foreach (var item in model.items) {     <div>@item.tostring()</div> }

but got object reference not set instance of object error.

so how can that? i'd own dropdown list: impossible without iterating on key + value pairs of selectlist.

@html.partial("~/views/shared/editortemplates/customdropdown.cshtml", customercountryselectionlist)

and models goes straight view.

@html.editor(), despite having 6 overloads, have none of them designed pass model inside custom editor.

IO