title: pass enum to html.radiobuttonfor MVC3
body: <p>I Have an Enum Called ActionStatus that has 2 possible values open=0 and closed = 1</p>
  
  <pre><code>public enum ActionStatus
  {
      Open,
      Closed
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to build radio button group in my edit and create views that uses the enum to populate the radio buttons with a) a default value in the create view and b) the currently selected option in the edit view.</p>
  
  <p>Do i need an extension method for this, and has anybody already created one?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: After Darins's answer below this is my Model class</p>
  
  <pre><code>namespace Actioner.Models
  {
  [MetadataType(typeof(MeetingActionValidation))]
  public class MeetingAction
  {
      [Key]
      public int MeetingActionId              { get; set; }       
  
      [Required]
      [Display(Name = "Description")]
      public string Description  { get; set; }
  
      [Required]
      [Display(Name = "Review Date")]
      public DateTime ReviewDate       { get ;set; }
  
      public int Status{ get; set; }
  
      [ScaffoldColumn(false)]
      public int MeetingId             { get; set; }
  
  
      //public virtual Meeting Meeting { get; set; }
  
      //public virtual ICollection&lt;User&gt; Users { get; set; }
      public virtual ICollection&lt;ActionUpdate&gt; ActionUpdates { get; set; }
  
      public MeetingActionStatus ActionStatus { get; set; }
  
  }
  
  public enum MeetingActionStatus 
  {
      Open,
      Closed
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and this is my view</p>
  
  <pre><code>@model Actioner.Models.MeetingAction
  @using Actioner.Helpers
  
  
  &lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
  @Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.Description)
  &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt;
  @Html.EditorFor(model =&gt; model.Description)
  @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.Description)
  &lt;/div&gt;
  
  &lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
  @Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.ReviewDate)
  &lt;/div&gt;
   &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt;
  @Html.EditorFor(model =&gt; model.ReviewDate)
  @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.ReviewDate)
  &lt;/div&gt;
  
  &lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
  @Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.Status)
  &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt;
  
   @Html.RadioButtonForEnum(x =&gt; x.ActionStatus)
  
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And this is my create controller action</p>
  
  <pre><code>public virtual ActionResult Create(int id)
      {
  
          var meetingAction = new MeetingAction
          {
              MeetingId = id,
              ReviewDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7)
          };
  
          ViewBag.Title = "Create Action"; 
  
          return View(meetingAction);
      } 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The enum displays fine in the view, but the currently selected option is not persisted to the database</p>