Click toggle with jQuery

Question

I've used a hover function where you do x on mouseover and y and mouseout. I'm trying the same for click but it doesn't seem to work:

$('.offer').click(function(){ 
  $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', true ); 
},function(){
  $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', false ); 
});

I want the checkbox to be checked when clicking on a div, and unchecked if clicked again - a click toggle.

Answer 1

This is easily done by flipping the current 'checked' state of the checkbox upon each click. Examples:

 $(".offer").on("click", function () { 
       var $checkbox = $(this).find(':checkbox');
       $checkbox.attr('checked', !$checkbox.attr('checked'));
 });

or:

 $(".offer").on("click", function () { 
       var $checkbox = $(this).find(':checkbox');
       $checkbox.attr('checked', !$checkbox.is(':checked'));
 });

or, by directly manipulating the DOM 'checked' property (i.e. not using attr() to fetch the current state of the clicked checkbox):

 $(".offer").on("click", function () { 
       var $checkbox = $(this).find(':checkbox');
       $checkbox.attr('checked', !$checkbox[0].checked);
 });

...and so on.

Note: since jQuery 1.6, checkboxes should be set using prop not attr:

 $(".offer").on("click", function () { 
       var $checkbox = $(this).find(':checkbox');
       $checkbox.prop('checked', !$checkbox[0].checked);
 });

Answer 2

Another approach would be to extended jquery like this:

$.fn.toggleCheckbox = function() {
    this.attr('checked', !this.attr('checked'));
}

Then call:

$('.offer').find(':checkbox').toggleCheckbox();

Answer 3

Warning: using attr() or prop() to change the state of a checkbox does not fire the change event in most browsers I've tested with. The checked state will change but no event bubbling. You must trigger the change event manually after setting the checked attribute. I had some other event handlers monitoring the state of checkboxes and they would work fine with direct user clicks. However, setting the checked state programmatically fails to consistently trigger the change event.

jQuery 1.6

$('.offer').bind('click', function(){ 
    var $checkbox = $(this).find(':checkbox');
    $checkbox[0].checked = !$checkbox[0].checked;
    $checkbox.trigger('change'); //<- Works in IE6 - IE9, Chrome, Firefox
});

Answer 4

You could use the toggle function:

$('.offer').toggle(function() {
    $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', true);
}, function() {
    $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', false);
});

Answer 5

Why not in one line?

$('.offer').click(function(){
    $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', !$(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked'));
});

Answer 6

I have a single checkbox named chkDueDate and an HTML object with a click event as follows:

$('#chkDueDate').attr('checked', !$('#chkDueDate').is(':checked'));

Clicking the HTML object (in this case a <span>) toggles the checked property of the checkbox.

Answer 7

jQuery: Best Way, delegate the actions to jQuery (jQuery = jQuery).

$( "input[type='checkbox']" ).prop( "checked", function( i, val ) {
    return !val;
});

Answer 8

try changing this:

$(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', true ); 

to this:

$(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', 'checked'); 

Not 100% sure if that will do it, but I seem to recall having a similar problem. Good luck!

Answer 9

$('.offer').click(function(){ 
    if ($(this).find(':checkbox').is(':checked'))
    {
        $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', false); 
    }else{
        $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked', true); 
    }
});

Answer 10

In JQuery I don't think that click() accepts two functions for toggling. You should use the toggle() function for that: http://docs.jquery.com/Events/toggle

Answer 11

$('.offer').click(function() { 
    $(':checkbox', this).each(function() {
        this.checked = !this.checked;
    });
});

Answer 12

Easiest solution

$('.offer').click(function(){
    var cc = $(this).attr('checked') == undefined  ? false : true;
    $(this).find(':checkbox').attr('checked',cc);
});

Answer 13

<label>
    <input
        type="checkbox"
        onclick="$('input[type=checkbox]').attr('checked', $(this).is(':checked'));"
    />
    Check all
</label>

Answer 14

Another alternative solution to toggle checkbox value:

<div id="parent">
    <img src="" class="avatar" />
    <input type="checkbox" name="" />
</div>


$("img.avatar").click(function(){

    var op = !$(this).parent().find(':checkbox').attr('checked');
    $(this).parent().find(':checkbox').attr('checked', op);

});

Answer 15

    $('controlCheckBox').click(function(){
    var temp = $(this).prop('checked');
    $('controlledCheckBoxes').prop('checked', temp);
});