SelectedValues not working in MultiSelectList mvc
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The last parameter of the MultiSelectList
constructor takes an array of selected Id
's not a collection of Category
complex types.
If you change it to this instead it will work as expected:
product.Categories = new MultiSelectList(list, "ID", "Name", cat.CategorySelected.Select(c => c.ID).ToArray());
It simply projects it into an array of Id
's instead.
See below screen shot:
Ps I also had to add this to the constructor of Category
to initialize the collection:
public Category()
{
CategorySelected = new List<Category>();
}
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M.Azad almost 2 years
I have a class like
public class Category { public int ID { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public ICollection<Category> CategorySelected { get; set; } public static List<Category> GetOptions() { var categories = new List<Category>(); categories.Add(new Category() { ID = 1, Name = "Bikes" }); categories.Add(new Category() { ID = 2, Name = "Cars" }); categories.Add(new Category() { ID = 3, Name = "Trucks" }); return categories; } }
In the controller I Fill MiltiselectItems and set selectedValues for it
public ActionResult Index() { Category cat=new Category(); cat.CategorySelected.Add(new Category { ID =1, Name = "Bikes" }); cat.CategorySelected.Add(new Category { ID =3, Name = "Trucks" }); var list = Category.GetOptions(); product.Categories = new MultiSelectList(list, "ID", "Name", CategorySelected); }
In View Code I have
@Html.ListBox("Category", Model.Categories)
when run my action SelectedValues aren't working. What I'm doing wrong ?