Umbraco: Create CheckBoxList property with prevalues from mvc model

Question

What I want to do is create a CheckBoxList property so the editor could choose facilities specific for current page (hotel name) in BO, and render content based on what is check

Answer 1

Your Facility model should contain a boolean value to indicate if its been selected

public class FacilityVM
{
  public int Id { get; set; }
  public string Description { get; set; }
  public bool IsSelected { get; set; }
{

public class HotelVM
{
  public int ID{ get; set; }
  ....
  public List Facilities { get; set; }
}

Controller

public ActionResult Edit(int ID)
{
  HotelVM model = new HotelVM();
  model.Facilities = // populate the list of available facilities
  // Get the hotel from repository and map properties to the view model
  return View(model);
}

public ActionResult Edit(HotelVM model)
{
  ...
  foreach(FacilityVM facility in model.Facilities)
  {
    if (facility.IsSelected)
    {
      // do something
    }
  }
  ....
}

View

@model HotelVM
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
  // render properties of hotel
  ....
  for (int i = 0; i < Model.Facilities.Count; i++)
  {
    @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Facilities[i].ID);
    @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Facilities[i].Description);
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Facilities[i].IsSelected)
    @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Facilities[i].IsSelected, Model.Facilities[i].Description)
  }
  
}