How do I check whether a checkbox is checked in jQuery?
How do I check whether a checkbox is checked in jQuery?
Question
I need to check the checked
property of a checkbox and perform an action based on the checked property using jQuery.
For example, if the age checkbox is checked, then I need to show a textbox to enter age, else hide the textbox.
But the following code returns false
by default:
if ($('#isAgeSelected').attr('checked')) {
$("#txtAge").show();
} else {
$("#txtAge").hide();
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="checkbox" id="isAgeSelected"/>
<div id="txtAge" style="display:none">
Age is selected
</div>
How do I successfully query the checked
property?
Popular Answer
How do I successfully query the checked property?
The checked
property of a checkbox DOM element will give you the checked
state of the element.
Given your existing code, you could therefore do this:
if(document.getElementById('isAgeSelected').checked) {
$("#txtAge").show();
} else {
$("#txtAge").hide();
}
However, there's a much prettier way to do this, using toggle
:
$('#isAgeSelected').click(function() {
$("#txtAge").toggle(this.checked);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="checkbox" id="isAgeSelected"/>
<div id="txtAge" style="display:none">Age is something</div>
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Use jQuery's is() function:
if($("#isAgeSelected").is(':checked'))
$("#txtAge").show(); // checked
else
$("#txtAge").hide(); // unchecked
Using jQuery > 1.6
<input type="checkbox" value="1" name="checkMeOut" id="checkMeOut" checked="checked" />
// traditional attr
$('#checkMeOut').attr('checked'); // "checked"
// new property method
$('#checkMeOut').prop('checked'); // true
Using the new property method:
if($('#checkMeOut').prop('checked')) {
// something when checked
} else {
// something else when not
}
I am using this and this is working absolutely fine:
$("#checkkBoxId").attr("checked") ? alert("Checked") : alert("Unchecked");
Note: If the checkbox is checked it will return true otherwise undefined, so better check for the "TRUE" value.
Use:
<input type="checkbox" name="planned_checked" checked id="planned_checked"> Planned
$("#planned_checked").change(function() {
if($(this).prop('checked')) {
alert("Checked Box Selected");
} else {
alert("Checked Box deselect");
}
});
$("#planned_checked").change(function() {
if($(this).prop('checked')) {
alert("Checked Box Selected");
} else {
alert("Checked Box deselect");
}
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="checkbox" name="planned_checked" checked id="planned_checked"> Planned