How to use @Html.CheckBoxFor() while dealing with a List

Question

This is my View. How to use CheckboxFor():

@using eMCViewModels;
@model eMCViewModels.RolesViewModel
@{
    ViewBag.Title = \"CreateNew\";
}

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Answer 1

If I undestood right, You mean this? And IsEnabled should bool type

model

public class RoleAccessViewModel
{
    public int RoleID { get; set; }
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
    public int MenuID { get; set; }
    public string MenuDisplayName { get; set; }
    public string MenuDiscription { get; set; }
    public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
}

view

@foreach (RoleAccessViewModel mnu in Model.RoleAccess)
{
    @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => mnu.IsEnabled )
}

Answer 2

I know it is pretty old but

In your model use DataAnotations Display Attribute

public class MyModel
   int ID{get; set;};
   [Display(Name = "Last Name")]
   string LastName {get; set;};
end class

Answer 3

CheckBoxFor works with boolean properties only. So the first thing you need to do is to modify your view model in order to include a boolean property indicating whether the record was selected:

public class RoleAccessViewModel
{
    public int RoleID { get; set; }
    public string RoleName { get; set; }
    public int MenuID { get; set; }
    public string MenuDisplayName { get; set; }
    public string MenuDiscription { get; set; }
    public bool IsEnabled { get; set; }
}

and then I would recommend replacing your foreach loop with an editor template:

<div>
    @Html.EditorFor(x => x.RoleAccess)
</div>

and finally write the corresponding editor template which will automatically be rendered for each element of the RolesAccess collection (~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/RoleAccessViewModel.cshtml):

@model RoleAccessViewModel
@Html.HiddenFor(x => x.RoleID)
... might want to include additional hidden fields
... for the other properties that you want to be bound back

@Html.LabelFor(x => x.IsEnabled, Model.RoleName)
@Html.CheckBoxFor(x => x.IsEnabled)

Answer 4

Change foreach with for

@for(int i = 0; i < Model.RoleAccess.Count; i++)
{
    Html.CheckBoxFor(Model.RoleAccess[i].IsEnabled, new { id = Model.RoleAccess[i].MenuID });
    Html.DisplayFor(Model.RoleAccess[i].MenuDisplayName); // or just Model.RoleAccess[i].MenuDisplayName
}