I want to create a table with items and checkboxes to select these items. I am including these checkboxes in a list but this list is always returning null. Thank you very much for your help.
Controller:
public ActionResult Index()
{
var expenseTypesView = new ViewExpenseTypesAndSelection
{
ExpensesTypes = _context.ExpenseType.ToList(),
};
return View(expenseTypesView);
}
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult SelectExpensesTypes( ViewExpenseTypesAndSelection SelectedExpenses)
{
var entry = new userSpecificExpenses();
var i = 0;
foreach (var item in SelectedExpenses.SelectedExpenses)
{
if(item)
{
entry.expenseTypeId = i;
entry.UtilisateurId= User.Identity.GetUserId();
_context.UserspecificExpenses.Add(entry);
_context.SaveChanges();
}
i++;
}
return View();
}
View:
@model MBT.ViewModels.ViewExpenseTypesAndSelection
....
@using (Html.BeginForm("SelectExpensesTypes", "ExpenseTypes"))
{
<table class="table table-bordered table-hover">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="text-center">Expense</th>
<th class="text-center">Include</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
@{
for (int i = 0; i < Model.ExpensesTypes.Count; i++)
{
<tr>
<td>
<div class="checkbox">
@Model.ExpensesTypes[i].Type
</div>
</td>
<td>
<div class="checkbox">
@Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.SelectedExpenses[i])
</div>
</td>
</tr>
}
}
</tbody>
</table>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
}
You sending
ViewExpenseTypesAndSelection
almost null just withExpensesTypes
and then post it back to your post method. It means you send null and receive null. So what is wrong with that?