How to use multiple form elements in ASP.NET MVC

Question

So I am new to ASP.NET MVC and I would like to create a view with a text box for each item in a collection. How do I do this, and how do I capture the information when it PO

Answer 1

You can do this:

@for (int i = 0; i < Model.Guests.Count; i++) {
  @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Guests.ToList()[i].FirstName)
}

There are more examples and details on this post by Haacked.

UPDATE: The controller post action should look like this:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Index(Room room)
{
    return View();
}

In this example I'm considering that you have a Room class like this:

public class Room
{
    public List Guests { get; set; }
}

That's all, on the post action, you should have the Guests list correctly populated.