Sort an unbound dropdownlist

Question

I have a dropdownlist which I have populated with the following code:

statusList.Items.Add(new ListItem(Inactive_AddUser, "0"));
statusList.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem(Select, Select));
if (activeUser < (Convert.ToInt32(Session["MaxActiveUsers"])))
 {
   statusList.Items.Add(new ListItem(Active_AddUser, "1"));
 }

Now I'm unable to sort the list. Any suggestions on how can I implement it?

You have a list that always have 2 items? You don't need to sort it, just create it in an ordered way. — Agustin Meriles, Jun 11 '13 at 13:58
[How to sort a dropdown list - SO Link][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1698266/how-to-sort-an-asp-net-mvc-dropdownlist — radarbob, Jun 11 '13 at 15:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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You can first create a List of ListItems then sort it and after all bind it to DropDownList some thing like this that I found from here:

List<ListItem> items;//fill this with your own items
items.Sort((x, y) => x.Text.CompareTo(y.Text));
statusList.DataSource = items;
statusList.DataBind();

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Jun 11 '13 at 15:17

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