How to sort an ASP.NET MVC dropdownlist?

If you can use LINQ then:

list.OrderBy(x => x.Value)

or

list.OrderByDescending(x =>x.Value)

should do it.

edit

That should read;

list = list.OrderBy(x => x.Value);

Here you go:

List<SelectListItem> list = new List<SelectListItem>()
{ 
    new SelectListItem() { Text = "apple", Value = "apple"},
    new SelectListItem() { Text = "bob", Value = "bob"},
    new SelectListItem() { Text = "grapes", Value = "grapes"},
};

Sorted:)

Sorry, couldn't stop myself:)

EDIT

It looks as if you needed:

var fruits = new List<string> {"apple", "bob", "grapes"};
fruits.Sort();
var fruitsSelectList = new SelectList(fruits);

and then in view

Html.DropDownList("Fruit",fruitsSelectList);

var sorted = (from li in list
             orderby li.Text
             select li).ToList();

Voila!!