ListItem.Selected Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the item is selected.

public:
 property bool Selected { bool get(); void set(bool value); };
public bool Selected { get; set; }
[System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.MinimizableAttributeTypeConverter))]
public bool Selected { get; set; }
member this.Selected : bool with get, set
[<System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter(typeof(System.Web.UI.MinimizableAttributeTypeConverter))>]
member this.Selected : bool with get, set
Public Property Selected As Boolean

Property Value

true if the item is selected; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Attributes

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the Selected property when iterating through the Items collection of a CheckBoxList control to determine which check boxes are selected.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
 <body>
    <script language="C#" runat="server">
       void Check_Clicked(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
          Message.Text="Selected Item(s):" + "<br />" + "<br />";
          for (int i=0; i<checkboxlist1.Items.Count; i++) {
             if (checkboxlist1.Items[i].Selected)
                Message.Text=Message.Text + checkboxlist1.Items[i].Text + "<br />";
          }
       }
    </script>
 
    <form id="form1" action="checkboxlist.aspx" method="post" runat="server">
 
       <asp:CheckBoxList id="checkboxlist1" runat="server"
            AutoPostBack="True"
            CellPadding="5"
            CellSpacing="5"
            RepeatColumns="2"
            RepeatDirection="Vertical"
            RepeatLayout="Flow"
            TextAlign="Right"
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked">
 
          <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
       </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
       <br /><br />
       <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>
             
    </form>
         
 </body>
 </html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
 <body>
    <script language="VB" runat="server">
       Sub Check_Clicked(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
          Message.Text = "Selected Item(s):<br /><br />"
          Dim i As Integer
          For i = 0 To checkboxlist1.Items.Count - 1
             If checkboxlist1.Items(i).Selected Then
                Message.Text = Message.Text & checkboxlist1.Items(i).Text & "<br />"
             End If
          Next
       End Sub
    </script>
 
    <form id="form1" action="checkboxlist.aspx" method="post" runat="server">
 
       <asp:CheckBoxList id="checkboxlist1" runat="server"
            AutoPostBack="True"
            CellPadding="5"
            CellSpacing="5"
            RepeatColumns="2"
            RepeatDirection="Vertical"
            RepeatLayout="Flow"
            TextAlign="Right"
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check_Clicked">
 
          <asp:ListItem>Item 1</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 2</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 3</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 4</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 5</asp:ListItem>
          <asp:ListItem>Item 6</asp:ListItem>
 
       </asp:CheckBoxList>
 
       <br /><br />
       <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>
             
    </form>
         
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

Use the Selected property to determine whether the ListItem is currently selected in the list control that contains it. This property is commonly used, when iterating through a collection of ListItem objects in a list control, to determine whether an item is selected.

Applies to

See also