I have an HTML page with multiple checkboxes.
I need one more checkbox by the name \"select all\". When I select this checkbox all checkboxes in the HTML page must b
Maybe a bit late, but when dealing with a check all checkbox, I believe you should also handle the scenario for when you have the check all checkbox checked, and then unchecking one of the checkboxes below.
In that case it should automatically uncheck the check all checkbox.
Also when manually checking all the checkboxes, you should end up with the check all checkbox being automatically checked.
You need two event handlers, one for the check all box, and one for when clicking any of the single boxes below.
// HANDLES THE INDIVIDUAL CHECKBOX CLICKS
function client_onclick() {
var selectAllChecked = $("#chk-clients-all").prop("checked");
// IF CHECK ALL IS CHECKED, AND YOU'RE UNCHECKING AN INDIVIDUAL BOX, JUST UNCHECK THE CHECK ALL CHECKBOX.
if (selectAllChecked && $(this).prop("checked") == false) {
$("#chk-clients-all").prop("checked", false);
} else { // OTHERWISE WE NEED TO LOOP THROUGH INDIVIDUAL CHECKBOXES AND SEE IF THEY ARE ALL CHECKED, THEN CHECK THE SELECT ALL CHECKBOX ACCORDINGLY.
var allChecked = true;
$(".client").each(function () {
allChecked = $(this).prop("checked");
if (!allChecked) {
return false;
}
});
$("#chk-clients-all").prop("checked", allChecked);
}
}
// HANDLES THE TOP CHECK ALL CHECKBOX
function client_all_onclick() {
$(".client").prop("checked", $(this).prop("checked"));
}
My simple solution allows to selectively select/deselect all checkboxes in a given portion of the form, while using different names for each checkbox, so that they can be easily recognized after the form is POSTed.
Javascript:
function setAllCheckboxes(divId, sourceCheckbox) {
divElement = document.getElementById(divId);
inputElements = divElement.getElementsByTagName('input');
for (i = 0; i < inputElements.length; i++) {
if (inputElements[i].type != 'checkbox')
continue;
inputElements[i].checked = sourceCheckbox.checked;
}
}
HTML example:
<p><input onClick="setAllCheckboxes('actors', this);" type="checkbox" />All of them</p>
<div id="actors">
<p><input type="checkbox" name="kevin" />Spacey, Kevin</p>
<p><input type="checkbox" name="colin" />Firth, Colin</p>
<p><input type="checkbox" name="scarlett" />Johansson, Scarlett</p>
</div>
I hope you like it!
This sample works with native JavaScript where the checkbox variable name varies, i.e. not all "foo".
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Toggling checkboxes</p>
<script>
function getcheckboxes() {
var node_list = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
var checkboxes = [];
for (var i = 0; i < node_list.length; i++)
{
var node = node_list[i];
if (node.getAttribute('type') == 'checkbox')
{
checkboxes.push(node);
}
}
return checkboxes;
}
function toggle(source) {
checkboxes = getcheckboxes();
for(var i=0, n=checkboxes.length;i<n;i++)
{
checkboxes[i].checked = source.checked;
}
}
</script>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo1" value="bar1"> Bar 1<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo2" value="bar2"> Bar 2<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo3" value="bar3"> Bar 3<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo4" value="bar4"> Bar 4<br/>
<input type="checkbox" onClick="toggle(this)" /> Toggle All<br/>
</body>
</html>
If adopting the top answer for jquery, remember that the object passed to the click function is an EventHandler, not the original checkbox object. Therefore code shoudl be modified as follows.
Html
<input type="checkbox" name="selectThemAll"/> Toggle All<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo" value="bar1"> Bar 1<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo" value="bar2"> Bar 2<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo" value="bar3"> Bar 3<br/>
<input type="checkbox" name="foo" value="bar4"> Bar 4<br/>
Javascript
$(function() {
jQuery("[name=selectThemAll]").click(function(source) {
checkboxes = jQuery("[name=foo]");
for(var i in checkboxes){
checkboxes[i].checked = source.target.checked;
}
});
})
Demo http://jsfiddle.net/H37cb/
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js" /></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('input[name="all"],input[name="title"]').bind('click', function(){
var status = $(this).is(':checked');
$('input[type="checkbox"]', $(this).parent('li')).attr('checked', status);
});
});
</script>
<div id="wrapper">
<li style="margin-top: 20px">
<input type="checkbox" name="all" id="all" /> <label for='all'>All</label>
<ul>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="title" id="title_1" /> <label for="title_1"><strong>Title 01</strong></label>
<ul>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_1" value="1" /> <label for="box_1">Sub Title 01</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_2" value="2" /> <label for="box_2">Sub Title 02</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_3" value="3" /> <label for="box_3">Sub Title 03</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_4" value="4" /> <label for="box_4">Sub Title 04</label></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="title" id="title_2" /> <label for="title_2"><strong>Title 02</strong></label>
<ul>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_5" value="5" /> <label for="box_5">Sub Title 05</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_6" value="6" /> <label for="box_6">Sub Title 06</label></li>
<li><input type="checkbox" name="selected[]" id="box_7" value="7" /> <label for="box_7">Sub Title 07</label></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</div>
<asp:CheckBox ID="CheckBox1" runat="server" Text="Select All" onclick="checkAll(this);" />
<br />
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="CheckBoxList1" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 1">Item 1</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 2">Item 2</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 3">Item 3</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 4">Item 4</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 5">Item 5</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="Item 6">Item 6</asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkAll(obj1) {
var checkboxCollection = document.getElementById('<%=CheckBoxList1.ClientID %>').getElementsByTagName('input');
for (var i = 0; i < checkboxCollection.length; i++) {
if (checkboxCollection[i].type.toString().toLowerCase() == "checkbox") {
checkboxCollection[i].checked = obj1.checked;
}
}
}
</script>