RadioButtonFor Helper in MVC

Introduction

This article shows how to use a RadioButtonFor helper in MVC applications.

Create an ASP.Net Web Application as in Figure 1.

 

Figure 1: Web Application

Choose MVC template as in Figure 2.

 

Figure 2: MVC template

Add an Employee Controller as in Figures 3, 4 and 5.

 

Figure 3: Add Controller

 

Figure 4: MVC controller - empty

 

Figure 5: EmployeeController

EmployeeController.cs

using RadioButtonForApp_MVC.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace RadioButtonForApp_MVC.Controllers
{
    public class EmployeeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Employee/
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            Employee emp = new Employee();
            return View(emp);
        }
    }
}

Create an Employee Class as in Figure 6.

 

Figure 6: Add ADO.NET Entity Framework

Employee.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace RadioButtonForApp_MVC.Models
{
    public class Employee
    {
        public string SelectedDepartments { get; set; }
        public List<Department> Departments
        {
            get
            {
                EmployeeEntities db = new EmployeeEntities();
                return db.Departments.ToList();
            }
        }
    }
}

Set up Entity Framework as in Figures 7 and 8.

 

Figure 7: Add ADO.NET Entity Framework

 

Figure 8: Connection Setting

Add the View as in Figures 9 and 10.

 

Figure 9: Add View

 

Figure 10: Index view

Index.cshtml

@model  RadioButtonForApp_MVC.Models.Employee

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>

@foreach (var department in Model.Departments)
{
    @Html.RadioButtonFor(p => p.SelectedDepartments, department.DeptId)@department.DepartmentName
}

The output of the application is as shown in the following.

 

Figure 11: Index

Summary

In this article we saw how to use a RadioButtonFor helper in MVC applications.
Happy coding!