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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">$("input :checked")</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">$("input").is(":checked");</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">
<br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Untested.  But I think they work.</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">
Glen</span><br style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">voltron</b> <<a href="mailto:nhytro@googlemail.com">nhytro@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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How do I detect if a checkbox is checked by a user? change or click
would be wrong.
Thanks
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If you're talking about capturing the event when a checkbox is checked, then
"click" is correct.
$("#mycheckboxid").click(function() {
dostuff;
});
----- Original Message -----
From: "voltron" <nhytro@googlemail.com>
To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:04 PM
Subject: [jQuery] Checkbox "checked" event

Thanks guys. But would´nt a click event also fire when I uncheck the
checkbox? I would have to use both methods that guys suggested then?

You['d use the click event and test the checked state in the event
handler
$('#myCheckBox').click (function ()
{
var thisCheck = $(this);
if (thischeck.is (':checked'))
{
// Do stuff
}
});

Also consider the onChange event handler, to specifically capture the change of state to checked (or unchecked).