[json] Angular 2: Get Values of Multiple Checked Checkboxes

My problem is really simple: I have a list of checkboxes like this:

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="options">Options :</label>
    <label *ngFor="#option of options" class="form-control">
        <input type="checkbox" name="options" value="option" /> {{option}}
    </label>
</div>

And I would like to send an array of the selected options, something like: [option1, option5, option8] if options 1, 5 and 8 are selected. This array is part of a JSON that I would like to send via an HTTP PUT request.

Thanks for your help!

Here's a solution without map, 'checked' properties and FormControl.

app.component.html:

<div *ngFor="let item of options">
  <input type="checkbox" 
  (change)="onChange($event.target.checked, item)"
  [checked]="checked(item)"
>
  {{item}}
</div>

app.component.ts:

  options = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]
  selected = ["1", "2", "5"]

  // check if the item are selected
  checked(item){
    if(this.selected.indexOf(item) != -1){
      return true;
    }
  }

  // when checkbox change, add/remove the item from the array
  onChange(checked, item){
    if(checked){
    this.selected.push(item);
    } else {
      this.selected.splice(this.selected.indexOf(item), 1)
    }
  }

DEMO

Since I spent a long time solving a similar problem, I'm answering to share my experience. My problem was the same, to know, getting many checkboxes value after a specified event has been triggered. I tried a lot of solutions but for me the sexiest is using ViewChildren.

import { ViewChildren, QueryList } from '@angular/core';

/** Get handle on cmp tags in the template */
@ViewChildren('cmp') components: QueryList<any>;

ngAfterViewInit(){
    // print array of CustomComponent objects
    console.log(this.components.toArray());
}

Found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40165639/4775727

Potential other solutions for ref, there are a lot of similar topic, none of them purpose this solution...:

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• Angular 2: Get Values of Multiple Checked Checkboxes
• https://medium.com/@vladguleaev/reusable-angular-create-multiple-checkbox-group-component-84f0e4727677
• https://netbasal.com/handling-multiple-checkboxes-in-angular-forms-57eb8e846d21
• https://medium.com/@shlomiassaf/the-angular-template-variable-you-are-missing-return-of-the-var-6b573ec9fdc
• https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3205-using-form-controls-without-formsmodule-or-ngmodel-in-angular-2-4-1.htm
• How to get checkbox value in angular 5 app
• Angular 2: Get Values of Multiple Checked Checkboxes
• Filter by checkbox in angular 5
• How to access multiple checkbox values in Angular 4/5

@ccwasden solution above works for me with a small change, each checkbox must have a unique name otherwise binding wont works

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="options">Options:</label>
    <div *ngFor="let option of options; let i = index">
        <label>
            <input type="checkbox"
                   name="options_{{i}}"
                   value="{{option.value}}"
                   [(ngModel)]="option.checked"/>
            {{option.name}}
        </label>
    </div>
</div>

// my.component.ts

@Component({ moduleId:module.id, templateUrl:'my.component.html'})

export class MyComponent {
  options = [
    {name:'OptionA', value:'1', checked:true},
    {name:'OptionB', value:'2', checked:false},
    {name:'OptionC', value:'3', checked:true}
  ]

  get selectedOptions() { // right now: ['1','3']
    return this.options
              .filter(opt => opt.checked)
              .map(opt => opt.value)
  }
}

and also make sur to import FormsModule in your main module

import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';


imports: [
    FormsModule
  ],

Here's a simple way using ngModel (final Angular 2)

<!-- my.component.html -->

<div class="form-group">
    <label for="options">Options:</label>
    <div *ngFor="let option of options">
        <label>
            <input type="checkbox"
                   name="options"
                   value="{{option.value}}"
                   [(ngModel)]="option.checked"/>
            {{option.name}}
        </label>
    </div>
</div>

// my.component.ts

@Component({ moduleId:module.id, templateUrl:'my.component.html'})

export class MyComponent {
  options = [
    {name:'OptionA', value:'1', checked:true},
    {name:'OptionB', value:'2', checked:false},
    {name:'OptionC', value:'3', checked:true}
  ]

  get selectedOptions() { // right now: ['1','3']
    return this.options
              .filter(opt => opt.checked)
              .map(opt => opt.value)
  }
}

I have encountered the same problem and now I have an answer I like more (may be you too). I have bounded each checkbox to an array index.

First I defined an Object like this:

SelectionStatusOfMutants: any = {};

Then the checkboxes are like this:

<input *ngFor="let Mutant of Mutants" type="checkbox"
[(ngModel)]="SelectionStatusOfMutants[Mutant.Id]" [value]="Mutant.Id" />

As you know objects in JS are arrays with arbitrary indices. So the result are being fetched so simple:

Count selected ones like this:

let count = 0;
    Object.keys(SelectionStatusOfMutants).forEach((item, index) => {
        if (SelectionStatusOfMutants[item])
            count++;
    });

And similar to that fetch selected ones like this:

let selecteds = Object.keys(SelectionStatusOfMutants).filter((item, index) => {
        return SelectionStatusOfMutants[item];
    });

You see?! Very simple very beautiful. TG.

I just faced this issue, and decided to make everything work with as less variables as i can, to keep workspace clean. Here is example of my code

<input type="checkbox" (change)="changeModel($event, modelArr, option.value)" [checked]="modelArr.includes(option.value)" />

Method, which called on change is pushing value in model, or removing it.

public changeModel(ev, list, val) {
  if (ev.target.checked) {
    list.push(val);
  } else {
    let i = list.indexOf(val);
    list.splice(i, 1);
  }
}

In Angular 2+ to 9 using Typescript

Source Link

we can use an object to bind multiple Checkbox

  checkboxesDataList = [
    {
      id: 'C001',
      label: 'Photography',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C002',
      label: 'Writing',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C003',
      label: 'Painting',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C004',
      label: 'Knitting',
      isChecked: false
    },
    {
      id: 'C004',
      label: 'Dancing',
      isChecked: false
    },
    {
      id: 'C005',
      label: 'Gardening',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C006',
      label: 'Drawing',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C007',
      label: 'Gyming',
      isChecked: false
    },
    {
      id: 'C008',
      label: 'Cooking',
      isChecked: true
    },
    {
      id: 'C009',
      label: 'Scrapbooking',
      isChecked: false
    },
    {
      id: 'C010',
      label: 'Origami',
      isChecked: false
    }
  ]

In HTML Template use

  <ul class="checkbox-items">
    <li *ngFor="let item of checkboxesDataList">
      <input type="checkbox" [(ngModel)]="item.isChecked" (change)="changeSelection()">{{item.label}}
    </li>
  </ul>

To get selected checkboxes, add the following method in class

  // Selected item
  fetchSelectedItems() {
    this.selectedItemsList = this.checkboxesDataList.filter((value, index) => {
      return value.isChecked
    });
  }

  // IDs of selected item
  fetchCheckedIDs() {
    this.checkedIDs = []
    this.checkboxesDataList.forEach((value, index) => {
      if (value.isChecked) {
        this.checkedIDs.push(value.id);
      }
    });
  }

1. I have just simplified little bit for those whose are using list of value Object. XYZ.Comonent.html

   <div class="form-group">
           <label for="options">Options :</label>
           <div *ngFor="let option of xyzlist">
               <label>
                   <input type="checkbox"
                          name="options"
                          value="{{option.Id}}"
   
                          (change)="onClicked(option, $event)"/>
                   {{option.Id}}-- {{option.checked}}
               </label>
           </div>
           <button type="submit">Submit</button>
       </div> 
   

   ** XYZ.Component.ts**.

2. create a list -- xyzlist.

3. assign values, I am passing values from Java in this list.
4. Values are Int-Id, boolean -checked (Can Pass in Component.ts).

5. Now to get value in Componenet.ts.

   xyzlist;//Just created a list
   onClicked(option, event) {
       console.log("event  " + this.xyzlist.length);
       console.log("event  checked" + event.target.checked);
       console.log("event  checked" + event.target.value);
       for (var i = 0; i < this.xyzlist.length; i++) {
           console.log("test --- " + this.xyzlist[i].Id;
           if (this.xyzlist[i].Id == event.target.value) {
               this.xyzlist[i].checked = event.target.checked;
           }
           console.log("after update of checkbox" + this.xyzlist[i].checked);
   
       }
   

create a list like :-

this.xyzlist = [
  {
    id: 1,
    value: 'option1'
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    value: 'option2'
  }
];

Html :-

<div class="checkbox" *ngFor="let list of xyzlist">
            <label>
              <input formControlName="interestSectors" type="checkbox" value="{{list.id}}" (change)="onCheckboxChange(list,$event)">{{list.value}}</label>
          </div>

then in it's component ts :-

onCheckboxChange(option, event) {
     if(event.target.checked) {
       this.checkedList.push(option.id);
     } else {
     for(var i=0 ; i < this.xyzlist.length; i++) {
       if(this.checkedList[i] == option.id) {
         this.checkedList.splice(i,1);
      }
    }
  }
  console.log(this.checkedList);
}

I hope this would help someone who has the same problem.

templet.html

<form [formGroup] = "myForm" (ngSubmit) = "confirmFlights(myForm.value)">
  <ng-template ngFor [ngForOf]="flightList" let-flight let-i="index" >
     <input type="checkbox" [value]="flight.id" formControlName="flightid"
         (change)="flightids[i]=[$event.target.checked,$event.target.getAttribute('value')]" >
  </ng-template>
</form>

component.ts

flightids array will have another arrays like this [ [ true, 'id_1'], [ false, 'id_2'], [ true, 'id_3']...] here true means user checked it, false means user checked then unchecked it. The items that user have never checked will not be inserted to the array.

flightids = []; 
confirmFlights(value){  
    //console.log(this.flightids);

    let confirmList = [];
    this.flightids.forEach(id => {
      if(id[0]) // here, true means that user checked the item 
        confirmList.push(this.flightList.find(x => x.id === id[1]));
    });
    //console.log(confirmList);

}

<input type="checkbox" name="options" value="option" (change)="updateChecked(option, $event)" /> 

export class MyComponent {
  checked: boolean[] = [];
  updateChecked(option, event) {
    this.checked[option]=event; // or `event.target.value` not sure what this event looks like
  }
}