Question

I have a model which has a field

[DisplayName("Receive occasional email notifications about new services or features")]
public bool ReceiveEmail { get; set; }

In my view I want a checkbox which will come checked by default.

I tried this:

<%:Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.registerModel.ReceiveEmail, new { @checked = "checked" })%>

But did not work…

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks
Arnab

Answer 1

The proper way to do this is to set your view model property in the controller action rendering this view:

public ActionResult Foo()
{
    var model = new MyViewModel
    {
        registerModel = new registerModel
        {
            ReceiveEmail = true
        }
    };
    return View(model);
}

Now all you need in your strongly typed view is:

<%= Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.registerModel.ReceiveEmail) %>

and the checkbox will be automatically checked.