I have a "settings" page in my site and I would like the user to be able to either check or uncheck checkboxes in the settings page. The checkboxes' states should then load when the user logs in.
My idea is to assign ids to each checkbox like this:
<input type="checkbox" id="chk1" data-col='column1' value="0"/>
<input type="checkbox" id="chk2" data-col='column2' value="0"/>
and then use jQuery to set the values for each on the checked function like this on the "SAVE SETTINGS" button:
$( "input:checkbox" ).each(function() {
if $(this).prop('checked'){
$(this).prop('value','1')
}
});
and then have a column in my MySql table for each checkbox and then send the value (either 1 or 0) to my database via ajax/php.
Then when the user logs in, I can get the values (1 or 0) for each column and then based on that, I can set the checked state.
Is this a good way to go about it? I want to make sure I don't go down the wrong path if there is a simpler solution or approach.
Assume that $query_array is the container of your db query. Since you've included php in the post's tag you can insert a php tag inside input(assuming the file is a php too):
<input type="checkbox" id="chk1" data-col='column1' value="<?php echo $query[0][col_name];?>"/>
^the 0 above might be an id, and col_name is the column name which contains 0/1
When that is compiled, it should be similar to this:
<input type="checkbox" id="chk1" data-col='column1' value="0"/>
Instead of using jquery why don't you just render the checkboxes with their value already set:
<input type="checkbox" id="chk1" data-col='column1' value="<?php echo $chk1?>" <?php echo $checked?>/>
Edit
If you wanna keep it HTML only you could store the states in a JSON (where the property name is the id of the chekbox and the value it's state) and loop through it as:
$.each(jsonChkbxValues, function(index, val) {
var elem = $('#' + index);
elem.prop('value', val);
if (val) {
elem.attr('checked', 'checked');
}
});
I have 3 radio buttons in my web page, like below:
<label for="theme-grey">
<input type="radio" id="theme-grey" name="theme" value="grey" />Grey</label>
<label for="theme-pink">
<input type="radio" id="theme-pink" name="theme" value="pink" />Pink</label>
<label for="theme-green">
<input type="radio" id="theme-green" name="theme" value="green" />Green</label>
In jQuery, I want to get the value of the selected radio button when any of these three are clicked. In jQuery we have id (#) and class (.) selectors, but what if I want to find a radio button by its name, as below?
$("<radiobutton name attribute>").click(function(){});
Please tell me how to solve this problem.
This should do it, all of this is in the documentation, which has a very similar example to this:
$("input[type='radio'][name='theme']").click(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
});
I should also note you have multiple identical IDs in that snippet. This is invalid HTML. Use classes to group set of elements, not IDs, as they should be unique.
To determine which radio button is checked, try this:
$('input:radio[name=theme]').click(function() {
var val = $('input:radio[name=theme]:checked').val();
});
The event will be caught for all of the radio buttons in the group and the value of the selected button will be placed in val.
Update: After posting I decided that Paolo's answer above is better, since it uses one less DOM traversal. I am letting this answer stand since it shows how to get the selected element in a way that is cross-browser compatible.
$('input:radio[name=theme]:checked').val();
another way
$('input:radio[name=theme]').filter(":checked").val()
This works great for me. For example you have two radio buttons with the same "name", and you just wanted to get the value of the checked one. You may try this one.
$valueOfTheCheckedRadio = $('[name=radioName]:checked').val();
The following code is used to get the selected radio button value by name
jQuery("input:radio[name=theme]:checked").val();
Thanks
Adnan
For anyone who doesn't want to include a library to do something really simple:
document.querySelector('[name="theme"]:checked').value;
jsfiddle
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I found this question as I was researching an error after I upgraded from 1.7.2 of jQuery to 1.8.2. I'm adding my answer because there has been a change in jQuery 1.8 and higher that changes how this question is answered now.
With jQuery 1.8 they have deprecated the pseudo-selectors like :radio, :checkbox, :text.
To do the above now just replace the :radio with [type=radio].
So your answer now becomes for all versions of jQuery 1.8 and above:
$("input[type=radio][name=theme]").click(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
});
You can read about the change on the 1.8 readme and the ticket specific for this change as well as a understand why on the :radio selector page under the Additional Information section.
If you'd like to know the value of the default selected radio button before a click event, try this:
alert($("input:radio:checked").val());
You can use filter function if you have more than one radio group on the page, as below
$('input[type=radio]').change(function(){
var value = $(this).filter(':checked' ).val();
alert(value);
});
Here is fiddle url
http://jsfiddle.net/h6ye7/67/
<input type="radio" name="ans3" value="help">
<input type="radio" name="ans3" value="help1">
<input type="radio" name="ans3" value="help2">
<input type="radio" name="ans2" value="test">
<input type="radio" name="ans2" value="test1">
<input type="radio" name="ans2" value="test2">
<script type="text/javascript">
var ans3 = jq("input[name='ans3']:checked").val()
var ans2 = jq("input[name='ans2']:checked").val()
</script>
If you want a true/false value, use this:
$("input:radio[name=theme]").is(":checked")
Something like this maybe?
$("input:radio[name=theme]").click(function() {
...
});
When you click on any radio button, I believe it will end up selected, so this is going to be called for the selected radio button.
I you have more than one group of radio buttons on the same page you can also try this to get the value of radio button:
$("input:radio[type=radio]").click(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
alert(value);
});
Cheers!
can also use a CSS class to define the range of radio buttons and then use the following to determine the value
$('.radio_check:checked').val()
This worked for me..
HTML:
<input type="radio" class="radioClass" name="radioName" value="1" />Test<br/>
<input type="radio" class="radioClass" name="radioName" value="2" />Practice<br/>
<input type="radio" class="radioClass" name="radioName" value="3" />Both<br/>
Jquery:
$(".radioClass").each(function() {
if($(this).is(':checked'))
alert($(this).val());
});
Hope it helps..
$('input:radio[name=theme]').bind(
'click',
function(){
$(this).val();
});
You might notice using class selector to get value of ASP.NET RadioButton controls is always empty and here is the reason.
You create RadioButton control in ASP.NET as below:
<asp:RadioButton runat="server" ID="rbSingle" GroupName="Type" CssClass="radios" Text="Single" />
<asp:RadioButton runat="server" ID="rbDouble" GroupName="Type" CssClass="radios" Text="Double" />
<asp:RadioButton runat="server" ID="rbTriple" GroupName="Type" CssClass="radios" Text="Triple" />
And ASP.NET renders following HTML for your RadioButton
<span class="radios"><input id="Content_rbSingle" type="radio" name="ctl00$Content$Type" value="rbSingle" /><label for="Content_rbSingle">Single</label></span>
<span class="radios"><input id="Content_rbDouble" type="radio" name="ctl00$Content$Type" value="rbDouble" /><label for="Content_rbDouble">Double</label></span>
<span class="radios"><input id="Content_rbTriple" type="radio" name="ctl00$Content$Type" value="rbTriple" /><label for="Content_rbTriple">Triple</label></span>
For ASP.NET we don't want to use RadioButton control name or id because they can change for any reason out of user's hand (change in container name, form name, usercontrol name, ...) as you can see in code above.
The only remaining feasible way to get the value of the RadioButton using jQuery is using css class as mentioned in this answer to a totally unrelated question as following
$('span.radios input:radio').click(function() {
var value = $(this).val();
});
Considering the following HTML:
<form id="upvoteForm" method="post" action="/post/upvote">
<input type="text" name="post_id" id="post_id"/>
</form>
<form id="downvoteForm" method="post" action="/post/downvote">
<input type="text" name="post_id" id="post_id"/>
</form>
<input type="hidden" id="_postid" value="1"/>
I'm trying to set the two input fields with the name post_id to to value from _postid using this JavaScript and jQuery:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#post_id').val($('#_postid').val());
});
However, as you can see in this jsFiddle, it's only setting the value of the first one. How do I set the value of both of them? I thought the selector would end up grabbing both.
Now, I realize you might be wondering why I have two forms on this page. The basic reason is I have button inputs that I've styled the way I want but then I use the onclick to call the submit of the appropriate form here. I am ultimately going to be leveraging AJAX here, but that's coming later.
id is always unique. you cannot select 2 elements with same id. select by name
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input[name=post_id]').val($('#_postid').val());
});
Having two HTML elements with the same ID is illegal and will cause undefined behavior such as what you're experiencing. Using the same name is valid, however. Therefore you could use a selector like $('form > input[name=post_id]'), which would look for an input inside of a form with the name attribute set to post_id.
I have a website form where I have fields that I want to be required (with JQuery Plugin) only when the check-box is checked.
So far I wrote JavaScript that works if the the check-box is not checked, or checked. But when a user checks the check-box and then unchecks it the code does not work (field is still mandatory when unchecked).
Also one other bug is for some reason this same code only works for updating only one items required boolean. For example if I have the same code but make it so two elements requirements are updated the script does not work at all.
Here is the relevant source code:
<script>
function swap(){
if(document.getElementById('must').checked){
document.getElementById("element1").setAttribute("required", "true");
}else{
document.getElementById("element1").setAttribute("required", "false");
}
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="checkbox" onclick="swap();" id="must" name="must" value="1" style="width:10;">
<input id="element1" type="text" name="element1" placeholder="Enter Value" >
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Send" >
</form>
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Best way I know to check if checkbox is checked, it to use jQuery is() method (documentation). It handles x-browser differences for you. Also best way to add attribute to HTML element is to use attr() method.
if($("#must").is(":checked")) {
$("#element1").attr('required', 'required');
} else {
$("#element1").removeAttr();
}
You can check in DOM inspector that attribute is added.
Required attribute documentation is here.
Try this, in xhtml we specify required="required" and there no required="false", a better way is to remove attribute required on else
<script type="text/javascript">
function swap(){
if(document.getElementById('must').checked){
document.getElementById("element1").setAttribute("required", "required");
}else{
document.getElementById("element1").removeAttribute("required");
}
}
</script>
The required attribute is a boolean attribute, it presence means that the field is required and its absence means the field isn't required. It has only 3 valid forms 1. required alone by itself 2. required="" equal to an empty string 3. required="required"
I need to write a java script. This is supposed to validate if the checkbox is selected in the page or not. The problem here is that the check box is inside a grid and is generated dynamically. The reason being the number of check box that need to be rendered is not know at design time. So the id is know only at the server side.
Here is a thought:
As indicated by Anonymous you can generate javascript, if you are in ASP.NET you have some help with the RegisterClientScriptBlock() method. MSDN on Injecting Client Side Script
Also you could write, or generate, a javascript function that takes in a checkbox as a parameter and add an onClick attribute to your checkbox definition that calls your function and passes itself as the parameter
function TrackMyCheckbox(ck)
{
//keep track of state
}
<input type="checkbox" onClick="TrackMyCheckbox(this);".... />
You have to generate your javascript too, or at least a javascript data structure (array) wich must contain the checkboxes you should control.
Alternatively you can create a containing element, and cycle with js on every child input element of type checkbox.
If it's your only checkbox you can do a getElementsByTagName() call to get all inputs and then iterate through the returned array looking for the appropriate type value (i.e. checkbox).
There is not much detail in the question. But assuming the the HTML grid is generated on the server side (not in javascript).
Then add classes to the checkboxes you want to ensure are checked. And loop through the DOM looking for all checkboxes with that class. In jQuery:
HTML:
<html>
...
<div id="grid">
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox1" class="must-be-checked" />
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox2" class="not-validated" />
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox3" class="must-be-checked" />
...
<input type="checkbox" id="checkboxN" class="must-be-checked" />
</div>
...
</html>
Javascript:
<script type="text/javascript">
// This will show an alert if any checkboxes with the class 'must-be-checked'
// are not checked.
// Checkboxes with any other class (or no class) are ignored
if ($('#grid .must-be-checked:not(:checked)').length > 0) {
alert('some checkboxes not checked!');
}
</script>