setting checkbox value

Question

I have this code:

$('#chkBox').click(function() {
    $('#hiddenBox').val($('input').is(':checked'));
});

I want it to be where if i click on the checkbox, in my hidden field, I set the value to true else if it's not clicked, the value would be false. Can anyone help?

karim79 · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-08 14:50:07Z

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$('#chkBox').click(function() {
    // I prefer assigning a string
    $('#hiddenBox').val(this.checked ? 'true' : 'false');

    // but in actual fact, this should be enough
    $('#hiddenBox').val(this.checked);
}).triggerHandler('click');

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/pGkGz/1/

And see http://api.jquery.com/triggerHandler/

edited Sep 8, 2010 at 14:50

answered Sep 8, 2010 at 14:42

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2 Comments

hersh Over a year ago

@ karim79 -- this will give me true if i check the checkbox but i want it where if it's not checked, i would get false, more like false on page load until i click the checkbox.

karim79 Over a year ago

@hersh - Updated. You need to trigger the click handler on page load, using .triggerHandler.

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