Angular ReactiveForms: Producing an array of checkbox values?

Question

Given a list of checkboxes bound to the same formControlName, how can I produce an array of checkbox values bound to the formControl, rather than s

Answer 1

If you want to use an Angular reactive form (https://angular.io/guide/reactive-forms).

You can use one form control to manage the outputted value of the group of checkboxes.

component

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FormGroup, FormControl } from '@angular/forms';
import { flow } from 'lodash';
import { flatMap, filter } from 'lodash/fp';

@Component({
  selector: 'multi-checkbox',
  templateUrl: './multi-checkbox.layout.html',
})
export class MultiChecboxComponent  {

  checklistState = [ 
      {
        label: 'Frodo Baggins',
        value: 'frodo_baggins',
        checked: false
      },
      {
        label: 'Samwise Gamgee',
        value: 'samwise_gamgee',
        checked: true,
      },
      {
        label: 'Merry Brandybuck',
        value: 'merry_brandybuck',
        checked: false
      }
    ];

  form = new FormGroup({
    checklist : new FormControl(this.flattenValues(this.checklistState)),
  });


  checklist = this.form.get('checklist');

  onChecklistChange(checked, checkbox) {
    checkbox.checked = checked;
    this.checklist.setValue(this.flattenValues(this.checklistState));
  }

  flattenValues(checkboxes) {
    const flattenedValues = flow([
      filter(checkbox => checkbox.checked),
      flatMap(checkbox => checkbox.value )
    ])(checkboxes)
    return flattenedValues.join(',');
  }
}

html

    
     {{ checkbox.label }}
  

checklistState

Manages the model/state of the checklist inputs. This model allows you to map the current state to whatever value format you need.

Model:

{
   label: 'Value 1',
   value: 'value_1',
   checked: false
},
{
  label: 'Samwise Gamgee',
  value: 'samwise_gamgee',
  checked: true,
},
{
  label: 'Merry Brandybuck',
  value: 'merry_brandybuck',
  checked: false
}

checklist Form Control

This control stores the value would like to save as e.g

value output: "value_1,value_2"

See demo at https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-multi-checklist