hey mitch, apology accepted, and there is no need apologize in the first
place.
I'm happy to help and am glad that i helped resolve ur issue.
-GTG
On 8/5/07, Mitchell Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Thanks for that demo. I see the problem now. When you first stated the
> idea you presented this to me
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> I missed the ":" in the $("#check1").is(":checked") part. That is
> critical. Its one of those things I am not familiar with that makes me so
> poor at JQ.
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> Anyway I apologize for saying your code did not work.
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> Mitch
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *Ganeshji Marwaha
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:33 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: Turning a checkbox on and off
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> Mitch,
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> I have whipped up a demo page for u...
> http://www.gmarwaha.com/jquery/jcarousellite/test/testCheckboxChecked.html
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> follow the instructions there. Both the techniques i mentioned initially
> are working in all 4 major browsers.
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> -GTG
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> On 8/5/07, *Mitchell Waite* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yes that's true it does, but so does $('your_selector').attr('checked','hi
> mom');
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> And try unselecting it.
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *Marshall Salinger
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:06 PM
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> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject: *[jQuery] Re: Turning a checkbox on and off
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> I am not sure I follow. $('your_selector').attr('checked','checked'); does
> set a checkbox to checked.
>
> -Marshall
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> Mitchell Waite wrote:
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> I thought the same about checking a checkbox but "checked" is not the
> right value, you have to use true and false.
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> So like this:
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> On
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> $(checkbox).attr("checked", true);
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> Off
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> $(checkbox).attr("checked", false);
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> I have no idea why you cant do $(checkbox).attr("checked", "checked");
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> This also won't work
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> if( $(checkbox).is(":checked") ) { alert("checked"); }
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> Mitch
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> *From:* [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
> *On Behalf Of *Ganeshji Marwaha
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 05, 2007 1:54 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [jQuery] Re: Turning a checkbox on and off
>
>
>
> To determine if a checkbox is checked, i would use if(
> $(checkbox).is(":checked") ) { alert("checked"); }
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> To check a checkbox, $(checkbox).attr("checked", "checked");
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> Both are untested, but let me know how it goes
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> -GTG
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> On 8/5/07, *Mitch* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> How do you check and uncheck a checkbox from jQuery?
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> And how do you determine if a checkbox has been checked or unchecked?
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> I tried attr and css and none of them worked.
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> Thanks
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> Mitch
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