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C# ASP.NET MVC Forms Improving Our Form Check Boxes

Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points
Posted by Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points

Did you add a call to the Html.CheckBoxFor method?

In Report.cshtml update the "Reproducible" field to use a check box. Replace the Html.TextBoxFor method call with a call to the Html.CheckBoxFor HTML helper method. To the right of the Html.CheckBoxFor method call, use the Html.DisplayNameFor HTML helper method to render the display text for the check box.

Need a hint

Report.cshtml 
@model IssueReporter.Models.Issue
@using IssueReporter.Models

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Report an Issue";
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Name)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Name)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Email)
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.DepartmentId)
        @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DepartmentId, (SelectList)ViewBag.DepartmentsSelectListItems)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Severity)
        @Html.RadioButtonFor(m => m.Severity,
          Issue.SeverityLevel.Minor) @Issue.SeverityLevel.Minor
        @Html.RadioButtonFor(m => m.Severity,
          Issue.SeverityLevel.Major) @Issue.SeverityLevel.Major
        @Html.RadioButtonFor(m => m.Severity,
          Issue.SeverityLevel.Critical) @Issue.SeverityLevel.Critical
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible, new {@Html.DisplayNameFor = "Reproducible"})
        @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible)
    </div>

    <div>
        @Html.LabelFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
        @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.DescriptionOfProblem)
    </div>

    <button type="submit">Save</button>
}

2 Answers

Jeanette Brown
Jeanette Brown
20,485 Points
Jeanette Brown
Jeanette Brown
20,485 Points

For others:

<div>
        @Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.Reproducible) @Html.DisplayNameFor(m => m.Reproducible)

    </div>
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

:point_right: Here's a few hints to get you back on track:

  • The instructions say "Replace the Html.TextBoxFor method call with a call to the Html.CheckBoxFor", but it looks like you replaced Html.LabelFor instead.
    • Html.CheckBoxFor as used here should take only one argument
    • The Html.DisplayNameFor will be called in a very similar way to Html.CheckBoxFor
    • nothing will be assigned (there won't be any "=")
    • Html.DisplayNameFor replaces Html.LabelFor so the latter will be removed.
Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points
Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points

Thanks for the giving me clarity on the challenge.