Chekboxlist MVC ASP NET

In this article we have learn how to handle checkbox list values in MVC Asp.Net .There are two ways

1)  Custom

2)  Install-Package MvcCheckBoxList

Custom

So we have class “employeeDepartment” contains Id and department as given below

public class EmployeeDepartment

{

    public int Id { get; set; }

    public string Department { get; set; }

}

In controller we have crate actionresult  index method

  public ActionResult Index()

        {

            var emp = new List<EmployeeDepartment>{

             new EmployeeDepartment{ Id =1,Department="CSD" },

            new EmployeeDepartment { Id=2, Department="IT"},

            new EmployeeDepartment { Id=3, Department="HouseKeeping"},

             new EmployeeDepartment { Id=4, Department="HR"},

            };

        

            

            return View(emp);

        }

In this method we have create strongly type as employee department.So  I have created a  view “Index”

@model List<EmployeeDepartment>

@using (Html.BeginForm())

{

    @Html.AntiForgeryToken()

    @Html.ValidationSummary()

    <table>

        <tbody>

            @for (var i = 0; i < Model.ToList().Count(); i++)

            {

                <tr> <td><p><span> <input type="checkbox" name="emp" value="@Model[i].Id" />

                              </span><span> @Model[i].Department</span>

                        </p>

                    </td>

                </tr>

            }

        </tbody>

    </table>

    <button id="btnSave" value="Save" type="submit"></button>

}

So here I am bind checkbox values mvc Asp.net. In MVC by default checkboxlist control not available. You have to install third party plugin. So next question how to get posted value of checkbox list. So the values of the checkboxes checked can be retrieved using the following controller code as given below

[HttpPost]

        public ActionResult Index(FormCollection frm)

        {

           var selectedEmpIds=  frm["emp"].ToString();//1,2,3

            return View();

        }

2) Install-Package MvcCheckBoxList

after the install of package . You have simply replace for loop with this code as given below

  @Html.CheckBoxList("emp",

                   model => model,//list item

                   entity => entity.Id,

                   entity => entity.Department,

                   model => null //selected value null frist time)