title: MVC 4, Checkbox list and me
body: <p>Morning all.</p>
  
  <p>I can see this has been discussed elsewhere but was wondering if anything had change or things made simpler in MVC 4 for simpletons like me?!</p>
  
  <p><strong>Scenario</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have the following,edited, <strong>model</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class CorporateDetails
  {
  
      public Guid? Id { get; set; }
  
      [Key]
      public int CorporateDetailId { get; set; }
  
      public int? EmsId { get; set; }
      public string EmsName { get; set; }
  
      public virtual EmsType EmsType { get; set; }
  }
  
  public class EmsType
  {
      [Key]
      public int? EmsId { get; set; }
      public string EmsName { get; set; }
  
      public virtual ICollection&lt;EmsType&gt; EmsTypes { get; set; }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>With the following standard create <strong>view</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code> &lt;fieldset&gt;
      &lt;legend&gt;CorporateDetails&lt;/legend&gt;
  
  
  
      &lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
          @Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.EmsId, "EmsType")
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt;
          @Html.DropDownList("EmsId", String.Empty)
          @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.EmsId)
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class="editor-label"&gt;
          @Html.LabelFor(model =&gt; model.EmsName)
      &lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class="editor-field"&gt;
          @Html.EditorFor(model =&gt; model.EmsName)
          @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model =&gt; model.EmsName)
      &lt;/div&gt;
  
      &lt;p&gt;
          &lt;input type="submit" value="Create" /&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/fieldset&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This gives me, out of the box, a beautiful drop down list a la <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2011/05/05/ef-code-first-and-data-scaffolding-with-the-asp-net-mvc-3-tools-update.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Scott Gu's blog</a> </p>
  
  <p>Now my real question is this - how can I effectively convert this drop down box to what will effectively be a multi select,checkbox list?</p>
  
  <p>Again, apologies for going over trodden ground but I was just testing the water to see if any updates have occurred.</p>
  
  <p>Please note, first MVC project so go gently, I'm feeling very thick again :'( </p>