Adding check boxes to each row on MVCcontrib Grid

Question

How can I add a checkbox to each row of a MVCcontrib grid. then when the form is posted find out which records were selected? I Am not finding much when searching for this. Tha

Answer 1

In your view (say ReportList.cshtml) include your grid in a form and define an action for the form

            @{Html.Grid((List)ViewData["ReportList"])
       .Sort((GridSortOptions)ViewData["sort"])
       .Attributes(id => "grid", @class => "grid")

       .Columns(column =>
       {
            column.For(c => Html.CheckBox("chkSelected", new { @class = "gridCheck",   @value = c.ReportId }))
            .Named("").Encode(false)
            .Attributes(@class => "grid-column");


column.For(c => c.ReportName)
              .Named("Buyer Close Sheet Name")
              .SortColumnName("ReportName")
               .Attributes(@class => "grid-column");

       })
       .Render();}

Then in your controller implement your action method

public ActionResult SubmitReportList (string ReportListSubmit, IList chkSelected){
    // The IList chkSelected will give you a list of values which includes report ids for the selected reports and “false” for the non-selected reports. You can implement your logic accordingly. 
    return View("ReportList");
    }