How can I implement a "Select All" checkbox in my ASP.NET MVC app?

Question

I have a table with a column full of checkboxes. At the top I would like to have a single "Select All" checkbox that would check all the checkboxes on that page.

How should I implement this? I'm using jQuery as my JavaScript framework if it matters.

JeremyWeir · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-01 06:49:57Z

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This will keep all the individual checkboxes the same as the "check all" one

$("#id-of-checkall-checkbox").click(function() {
    $(".class-on-my-checkboxes").attr('checked', this.checked);
});

This will keep the "check all" one in sync with whether or not the individual checkboxes are actually all checked or not

$(".class-on-my-checkboxes").click(function() {
    if (!this.checked) {
        $("#id-of-checkall-checkbox").attr('checked', false);
    }
    else if ($(".class-on-my-checkboxes").length == $(".class-on-my-checkboxes:checked").length) {
        $("#id-of-checkall-checkbox").attr('checked', true);
    }
});

answered Aug 1, 2009 at 6:49

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longda Over a year ago

This looks like the else if case doesn't work... it should be setting the checkall checkbox to true when all the sub checkboxes are checked. Any ideas?

longda Over a year ago

I think I figured it out... added a space before ":checked" and it worked.

Jason · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22 01:30:25Z

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jquery (EDITED to toggle check/uncheck all):

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#toggleAll").click(function() {  
      $("#chex :checkbox").attr("checked", $(this).attr("checked"));
    });    
});

The reason why I had to do a click() then check for checked status is because if you try to "toggle" a checkbox, the checkbox being toggled will not retain its checked status. This way it retains the check status and effectively toggles.

HTML:

<input type="checkbox" id="toggleAll" />
<div id="chex">
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <input type="checkbox" />
</div>

edited Apr 22, 2016 at 1:30

answered Jul 31, 2009 at 17:46

Jason

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KingNestor Over a year ago

Those look like ASP.NET checkboxes, not ASP.NET-MVC. MVC would just use regular html checkboxes. How does that change things?

idrumgood Over a year ago

With this solution, if the user unchecks the 'select all' check box, the boxes stay checked. See my answer below for the jQuery to handle selecting AND deselecting all boxes.

Jason Over a year ago

@kingnestor - it won't change anything. use your standard checkboxes and this will work.

SolutionYogi Over a year ago

You should create an example based on table markup where the select all checkbox is present in header row. Current example markup is totally different from what is listed in the question.

SolutionYogi Over a year ago

Also, you are using 'paragraph' for toggling whereas the OP wants a checkbox to toggle the state.

Hans Vallee · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-06 20:58:22Z

For me, Jeremy's solution mostly worked, but I had to replace .attr with .prop. Otherwise once I single clicked on a checkbox it would stop reacting to the "master" checkbox.

in the _Layout.cshtml (master page)

$(document).ready(
    manageCheckboxGroup('chkAffectCheckboxGroup', 'checkbox-group')
);

in a referenced .js

    function manageCheckboxGroup(masterCheckboxId, slaveCheckboxesClass) {

    $("#" + masterCheckboxId).click(function () {
        $("." + slaveCheckboxesClass).prop('checked', this.checked);
    });

    $("." + slaveCheckboxesClass).click(function () {
        if (!this.checked) {
            $("#" + masterCheckboxId).prop('checked', false);
        }
        else if ($("." + slaveCheckboxesClass).length == $("." + slaveCheckboxesClass + ":checked").length) {
            $("#" + masterCheckboxId).prop('checked', true);
        }
    });
}

in the HTML (Razor) page

<table class="table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><input id="chkAffectCheckboxGroup" type="checkbox" checked="checked" /></th>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Clients[0].ClientId)
            </th>
            <th>
                @Html.DisplayNameFor(model => model.Clients[0].Name)
            </th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        @for (int i = 0; i < Model.Clients.Count(); i++)
        {
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <input type="hidden" asp-for="Clients[i].Id" class="form-control" />
                    <input type="hidden" asp-for="Clients[i].Name" />
                    <input type="checkbox" class="checkbox-group" asp-for="Clients[i].Selected" />
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Clients[i].Id)
                </td>
                <td>
                    @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => Model.Clients[i].Name)
                </td>
            </tr>
        }
    </tbody>
</table>

IMPORTANT: also, at first I had a @foreach loop in the HTML and it did not work..., you must use a @for (int i = 0; i < Model.Clients.Count(); i++) loop instead otherwise you end up with a empty list in the OnPostAsync().

SolutionYogi · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-31 19:31:34Z

Slightly modifying markup from Marve's answer (giving ID to the table)

Working Demo →

EDIT:

Updated version where the 'selectAll' checkbox correctly reflects the state of the checkboxes. E.g. if you select all checkboxes manually, selectAll checkbox will automatically get checked. Try the demo to understand the behavior.

Code:

<table id='myTable'>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><input type="checkbox" /></th>
            <th>Column 1</th>
            <th>Column 2</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>
            <td>Tabular Data 1</td>
            <td>Tabular Data 2</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>
            <td>Tabular Data 3</td>
            <td>Tabular Data 4</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Your jQuery could be as simple as this:

$(document).ready(
    function()
    {
        $('#myTable th input:checkbox').click(
            function() 
            {
                $('#myTable td input:checkbox').attr('checked', $(this).attr('checked'));
            }
        );

        //The following code keeps the 'selectAll' checkbox in sync with
        //the manual selection of the checkboxes by user. This is an additional usability feature.
        $('#myTable tr input:checkbox').click(
            function()
            {
                var checkedCount = $('#myTable td input:checkbox:checked').length;
                var totalCount = $('#myTable td input:checkbox').length;
                $('#myTable th input:checkbox').attr('checked', checkedCount === totalCount);
            }
        );
    }
 );

Same as my comment above... this didn't work for me until I put a space before the ":checked" selector.

dcharles · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-31 20:57:04Z

1

While the answers posted previously will work, you'll run into issues if you have more than one set of checkboxes in a single page.

This format will work regardless:

<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th><input type="checkbox" /></th>
            <th>Column 1</th>
            <th>Column 2</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>
            <td>Tabular Data 1</td>
            <td>Tabular Data 2</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><input type="checkbox" /></td>
            <td>Tabular Data 3</td>
            <td>Tabular Data 4</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

and the script...

$(function() {
    $('th > :checkbox').click(function() {
        $(this).closest('table')
            .find('td > :checkbox')
            .attr('checked', $(this).is(':checked'));
    });
});

edited Jul 31, 2009 at 20:57

answered Jul 31, 2009 at 18:56

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Jason Over a year ago

that is way more jquery than is needed. mine will work regardless of format so long as the proper selectors are added

dcharles Over a year ago

@Jason: I certainly agree the same effect can be accomplished with less code but regardless, the method shown in my answer will allow multiple sets of checkboxes to exist in a single page.

Mohammad Atiour Islam · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23 10:06:42Z

Try this For HTML table.

<table class="rptcontenttext" style="width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-collapse: collapse"  
         border="1px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">  
         <thead>  
           <tr>  
             <th style="text-align:left;width:10px;">  
             <input type="checkbox" value="true" name="chkVerifySelection" id="chkVerifySelection" onchange="return     checkAllVerifySelection();" />  
             </th>  
             <td class="rptrowdata" align="left">  
               Employee ID  
             </td>  
           </tr>  
         </thead>  
         <tbody style="overflow-y: auto; overflow-x: hidden; max-height: 400px; width: 100%;">  
             @for (int i = 0; i < Model.EmployeeInformationList.Count; i++)  
             {      
           <tr>  
             <td style="width:10px">    
               @{  
               if (Model.EmployeeInformationList[i].SelectStatus==true)  
                 {  
                 @Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.EmployeeInformationList[i].SelectStatus, new { @class = "VerifyStatus" ,disabled =                  "disabled",@checked="checked" })   
                 }  
                 else  
                    {  
                   @Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.EmployeeInformationList[i].SelectStatus, new { @class = "VerifyStatus" })   
                    }  
                 }        
            </td>             
             <td class="rptrowdata" align="left" style="width: 70px">  

               @Html.Encode(Model.EmployeeInformationList[i].StrEmpID)   

             </td>  
              <td class="rptrowdata" align="center" style="width: 50px">  
               @Html.HiddenFor(m=>m.EmployeeInformationList[i].strEmpOldCardNo)  
                @Html.Encode(Model.EmployeeInformationList[i].strEmpOldCardNo)  
             </td>  
           </tr>  
             }  
         </tbody>  
       </table>

Script:

 function checkAllVerifySelection() {  
     var flag = $('input[name=chkVerifySelection]').is(':checked');  
     if (flag) {  
       $(".VerifyStatus").each(function () {  
         $(this).attr('checked', true);  
       });  
     }  
     else {  
       $(".VerifyStatus").each(function () {  
         $(this).attr('checked', false);  
       });  
     }  
     return true;  
   }

El7or · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27 06:41:29Z

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Try This:

@Html.CheckBox("CheckAll", false, new { id = "select_all" })
$('#select_all').click(function () {
    $('.someClass').prop('checked', this.checked)
});

answered May 27, 2020 at 6:41

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Himanshu · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 10:58:47Z

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Use below code

$(document).ready(function () {  
    $("#ckbCheckAll").click(function () {  
        $(".checkBoxClass").prop('checked', $(this).prop('checked'));  
    });  
    $(".checkBoxClass").change(function(){  
        if (!$(this).prop("checked")){  
            $("#ckbCheckAll").prop("checked",false);  
        }  
    }) 
});

answered Jun 12, 2020 at 10:58

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