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Generating selects

FormHelper is able to generate single and multi-value selects. Make sure you have read the How FormHelper works with sets document.

Single value selects

To create a select just specify the target and the data source which would be a set of all elements so it can create options for.

Consider the following action code:

public void Index()
{
    // data source
    PropertyBag["primenumbers"] = new int[] { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47 };
    
    // initial selection
    PropertyBag["oneprime"] = 3;
}

The code on the view to use it would be:

$FormHelper.Select("oneprime", $primenumbers) 

Complex objects

With complex objects you must care to specify the value and text parameters so the FormHelper can generate proper html elements.

Consider the following action code:

public void Index()
{
    // data source
    IList authors = new Author[] 
    { 
        new Author(1, "hammett"), 
        new Author(2, "john doe"), 
        new Author(3, "someone else")
    };
    PropertyBag["authors"] = authors;
    
    // initial selection
    Blog blog = new Blog();
    blog.Author = new Author(1, "hammett");
    PropertyBag["blog"] = blog;
}

The Author class above has an Id property and Name property. So here is how the view would use it:

$FormHelper.Select("blog.author.id", $authors, "%{value='id', text='Name', firstoption='Please select'}")

Note the use of firstoption parameter. It includes the specified content as the first available option on the select.

Multi-value selects

Multi-value selects are not very different from what we have seen so far. The initial selection however will be a set.

Consider the following action code:

public void Index()
{
    // data source
    PropertyBag["primenumbers"] = new int[] { 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47 };
    
    // initial selection
    PropertyBag["multipleprimes"] = new int[] { 3, 5, 7 };
}

Here is how the view would use it:

$FormHelper.Select("multipleprimes", $primenumbers, "%{multiple='true', style='width: 110px; height: 90px;'}") 

Note that the multiple parameter is required to generate a html element prepared for multiple selection.

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