jQuery: Selecting by class and input type

Question

I would like to select a set of elements that are both of a certain input type (say, a checkbox) and have a certain class using jQuery. However, when I try the following:

Answer 1

You have to use (for checkboxes) :checkbox and the .name attribute to select by class.

For example:

$("input.aclass:checkbox")

The :checkbox selector:

Matches all input elements of type checkbox. Using this psuedo-selector like $(':checkbox') is equivalent to $('*:checkbox') which is a slow selector. It's recommended to do $('input:checkbox').

You should read jQuery documentation to know about selectors.