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

Answer 1

This example is for button.

Try the following:

<input type="button" class="check" id="checkall" value="Check All" />  &nbsp; <input type="button" id="remove" value="Delete" /> <br/>

<input type="checkbox" class="cb-element"  value="1" /> Checkbox  1 <br/>
<input type="checkbox" class="cb-element"  value="2" /> Checkbox  2 <br/>
<input type="checkbox" class="cb-element"  value="3" /> Checkbox  3 <br/>


$('#remove').attr('disabled', 'disabled'); 

$(document).ready(function() {  

    $('.cb-element').click(function() {

        if($(this).prop('checked'))
        {
            $('#remove').attr('disabled', false);
        }
        else
        {
            $('#remove').attr('disabled', true);
        }
    });   

    $('.check:button').click(function()
{
    var checked = !$(this).data('checked');
    $('input:checkbox').prop('checked', checked);
    $(this).data('checked', checked);

    if(checked == true)
    {
        $(this).val('Uncheck All');
         $('#remove').attr('disabled', false);
    }

    else if(checked == false)
    {
        $(this).val('Check All');
        $('#remove').attr('disabled', true);
    }
});
});

Answer 2

My way of doing this is:

if ( $("#checkbox:checked").length ) {       
    alert("checkbox is checked");
} else {
    alert("checkbox is not checked");
}

Answer 3

Though you have proposed a JavaScript solution for your problem (displaying a textbox when a checkbox is checked), this problem could be solved just by css. With this approach, your form works for users who have disabled JavaScript.

Assuming that you have the following HTML:

<label for="show_textbox">Show Textbox</label>
<input id="show_textbox" type="checkbox" />
<input type="text" />

You can use the following CSS to achieve the desired functionality:

 #show_textbox:not(:checked) + input[type=text] {display:none;}

For other scenarios, you may think of appropriate CSS selectors.

Here is a Fiddle to demonstrate this approach.

Answer 4

Since jQuery 1.6, the behavior of jQuery.attr() has changed and users are encouraged not to use it to retrieve an element's checked state. Instead, you should use jQuery.prop():

$("#txtAge").toggle(
    $("#isAgeSelected").prop("checked") // For checked attribute it returns true/false;
                                        // Return value changes with checkbox state
);

Two other possibilities are:

$("#txtAge").get(0).checked
$("#txtAge").is(":checked")

Answer 5

There are many ways to check if a checkbox is checked or not:

Way to check using jQuery

if (elem.checked)
if ($(elem).prop("checked"))
if ($(elem).is(":checked"))
if ($(elem).attr('checked'))

Check example or also document:

• http://api.jquery.com/attr/

• http://api.jquery.com/prop/

Answer 6

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>