Why is it removed: ASP.NET MVC CheckBoxList (without MVCContrib)

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Frogbite picture Frogbite · Oct 14, 2008 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

Why is the CheckBoxList removed from ASP.NET MVC preview release 5?

Currently I don't see any way in which I can create a list of checkboxes (with similar names but different id's) so people can select 0-1-more options from the list.

There is an CheckBoxList list present in the MVCContrib library, but it is deprecated. I can understand this for the other HtmlHelpers, but there does not seem to be a replacement for the CheckBoxList in preview 5.

I would like to create a very simple list like you see below, but what is the best way to do this using ASP.NET MVC preview release 5?

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="Inhoud" VALUE="goed"> goed
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="Inhoud" VALUE="redelijk"> redelijk
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="Inhoud" VALUE="matig"> matig
<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="Inhoud" VALUE="slecht"> slecht

Answer

Corin Blaikie picture Corin Blaikie · Oct 14, 2008

A for loop in the view to generate the checkboxes

<% foreach(Inhoud i in ViewData["InhoudList"] as List<Inhoud>) { %>
  <input type="checkbox" name="Inhoud" value="<%= i.name %>" checked="checked" /> <%= i.name %>
<% } %>

Don't use Html.Checkbox, as that will generate two values for each item in the list (as it uses a hidden input for false values)

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