Creating Web part custom property dropdown list

When it comes to create custom web part with a dropdown as custom property, it isn't immediately obvious how to include a drop down list as a custom property on a web part. To accomplish this we simply use an enum. See below the example enum used as menu items, first declare the enum and then the property and it works

#region Custom Properties

        public enum Tab

        {

            SELECT = 0,

            Partha = 1,

            Abhijit = 2,

            India = 3,

            Test = 4,

            Sanjay = 5,

        }

        [System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebBrowsable(true),

         System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebDisplayName("Provide the Select Menu Item"),

         System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.WebDescription(""),

         System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.Personalizable(),

         System.ComponentModel.Category("Partha Library Properties"),

         System.ComponentModel.DefaultValue(""),]

 

        public Tab tabName

        {

            get;

            set;

        }

 Viola the menu gets populated

 

If you have a more elegant solution – please post a comment… I’ll be happy to hear.
...HaPpY CoDiNg

 

Partha (Aurum)

 

Ref:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd584174(v=office.11).aspx