Can I use Html.CheckBoxFor in a loop? If so how?
Here is an example of what I am trying to do. (This is using spark, but the question still applies to razor or aspx)
<ul class="voteOptions">
<for each="var answer in poll.Answers">
<li>!{Html.LabelFor(a =>a.Answer)}</li>
<li>!{Html.CheckBoxFor(a =>a.Key)}</li>
</for>
</ul>
This obviously doesn't work because a represents the viewmodel not the current item in the loop.
You could try this:
<for each="var answer in poll.Answers">
<li>!{Html.LabelFor(a => answer.Answer)}</li>
<li>!{Html.CheckBoxFor(a => answe.Key)}</li>
</for>
But obviously a better solution is to never write any loops but use editor templates as in this case your code will become:
<ul class="voteOptions">
!{Html.EditorFor(x => x.Answers)}
</ul>
a => answer.Answer where answer is the variable you have defined in the loop. Not sure if it is the proper syntax though as I am not familiar with Spark.I don't like doing it this way, but it works if you have to use Html.XXXFor
1: Create a property on your model called CurrentAnswer (type Answer)
2: In your loop set answer to CurrentAnswer
3: then call Html.XXXFor(a => a.CurrentAnswer)
