Disable all check boxes inside a table with jquery

Question

I need to disable all the check boxes inside a table cell when clicking on a hyperlink inside the same table.

I\'m using the following jquery code to select all the

Answer 1

Your code can be a lot simpler:

$el = $(this).parents('table:eq(0)')[0].children('input[type="checkbox"]');

Could be:

$el = $(this).parents('table:first :checkbox');

Then to disable them:

$el.attr('disabled', 'disabled');

or to check them:

$el.attr('checked', 'checked');

or to uncheck them:

$el.removeAttr('checked');

or to enable them:

$el.removeAttr('disabled');