Displays a list of preset values as a list of checkbox controls. The text saved is an IEnumerable collection of the text values.
Unlike other property editors, the Prevalue IDs are not directly accessible in Razor.
Data Type Definition Example
You can use dictionary items to translate the values of a Checkbox List property editor in a multilingual setup. For more details, see the Creating a Multilingual Site article.
See the example below to see how a value can be added or changed programmatically. To update a value of a property editor you need the Content Service.
The example below demonstrates how to add values programmatically using a Razor view. However, this is used for illustrative purposes only and is not the recommended method for production environments.
@inject IContentService Services;@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;@using Newtonsoft.Json@{ // Get access to ContentServicevar contentService = Services; // Create a variable for the GUID of the page you want to updatevar guid =Guid.Parse("32e60db4-1283-4caa-9645-f2153f9888ef"); // Get the page using the GUID you've definedvar content =contentService.GetById(guid); // ID of your page // Set the value of the property with alias 'superHeros'.content.SetValue("superHeros",JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new[] { "Umbraco","CodeGarden"})); // Save the changecontentService.Save(content);}
Although the use of a GUID is preferable, you can also use the numeric ID to get the page:
@{ // Get the page using it's idvar content =contentService.GetById(1234);}
If Modelsbuilder is enabled you can get the alias of the desired property without using a magic string:
@inject IPublishedSnapshotAccessor _publishedSnapshotAccessor;@using Umbraco.Cms.Core.PublishedCache;@{// Set the value of the property with alias 'superHeros'content.SetValue(Home.GetModelPropertyType(_publishedSnapshotAccessor,x => x.SuperHeros).Alias, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new[] { "Umbraco", "CodeGarden"}));
}