Convert Dictionary object to System.Web.MVC.SelectListItem

Scenario - In ASP.NET MVC, you need Enumberable of SelectListItem object to bind to a DropDownList. But you have a dictionary object of Lookup values from DB. What is the best way to convert dictionary to Enumberable of SelectListItem.

Solution - Create an Extension method ToSelectListItems() which will convert the dictionary object to Enumberable of SelectListItem as follows:

public static IEnumerable ToSelectListItems(this IDictionary items, string selected = "1")
        {
  return items.Select(k =>
                  new SelectListItem
                  {
                      Selected = (k.Value == selected),
                      Text = k.Key,
                      Value = k.Value
                  });
        }