get current state of check box jquery

Question

I am using Bootstrap iCheck plugin. How can i find out Whether a check box is checked or not by pressing a button using jquery

$(button).click(function(){

  ckb = $("#ickb").(isChecked);
});

Starting jquery 1.6 there have been significant changes the way attributes and properties are dealt with. For your case $('#ickb').prop("checked") should do the trick. This statement will simply return true or false depending upon the checked/unchecked state of the check box. For more details refer to attributes vs. properties section on [this](http://api.jquery.com/prop/) link. — RBT, Feb 12 '16 at 18:36

score 73 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '14 at 12:29

73

Try to use .is() function along with :checked selector to accomplish your task,

ckb = $("#ickb").is(':checked');

answered May 28 '14 at 12:29

Balachandran

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 29 '22 at 21:33

20

Use is() with :checked to get the result as boolean that is true if checkbox is checked.

ckb = $("#ickb").is(':checked');

Or, you can use length, if it is zero then it is not checked.

ckb = $("#ickb:checked").length

edited Apr 29 '22 at 21:33

Donny V.

answered May 28 '14 at 12:29

Adil

The second option is a single column like so `$("#ickb:checked").length` Your answer helped me – Michael Oshosanya Oct 09 '17 at 23:47

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