Checkbox Check Event Listener
Since I don't see the jQuery tag in the OP, here is a javascript only option :
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function (event) {
var _selector = document.querySelector('input[name=myCheckbox]');
_selector.addEventListener('change', function (event) {
if (_selector.checked) {
// do something if checked
} else {
// do something else otherwise
}
});
});
See JSFIDDLE
If you have a checkbox in your html something like:
<input id="conducted" type = "checkbox" name="party" value="0">
and you want to add an EventListener to this checkbox using javascript, in your associated js file, you can do as follows:
checkbox = document.getElementById('conducted');
checkbox.addEventListener('change', e => {
if(e.target.checked){
//do something
}
});
Short answer: Use the change event. Here's a couple of practical examples. Since I misread the question, I'll include jQuery examples along with plain JavaScript. You're not gaining much, if anything, by using jQuery though.
Single checkbox
Using querySelector.
var checkbox = document.querySelector("input[name=checkbox]");
checkbox.addEventListener('change', function() {
if (this.checked) {
console.log("Checkbox is checked..");
} else {
console.log("Checkbox is not checked..");
}
});<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" />Single checkbox with jQuery
$('input[name=checkbox]').change(function() {
if ($(this).is(':checked')) {
console.log("Checkbox is checked..")
} else {
console.log("Checkbox is not checked..")
}
});<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" />Multiple checkboxes
Here's an example of a list of checkboxes. To select multiple elements we use querySelectorAll instead of querySelector. Then use Array.filter and Array.map to extract checked values.
// Select all checkboxes with the name 'settings' using querySelectorAll.
var checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll("input[type=checkbox][name=settings]");
let enabledSettings = []
/*
For IE11 support, replace arrow functions with normal functions and
use a polyfill for Array.forEach:
https://vanillajstoolkit.com/polyfills/arrayforeach/
*/
// Use Array.forEach to add an event listener to each checkbox.
checkboxes.forEach(function(checkbox) {
checkbox.addEventListener('change', function() {
enabledSettings =
Array.from(checkboxes) // Convert checkboxes to an array to use filter and map.
.filter(i => i.checked) // Use Array.filter to remove unchecked checkboxes.
.map(i => i.value) // Use Array.map to extract only the checkbox values from the array of objects.
console.log(enabledSettings)
})
});<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="forcefield">
Enable forcefield
</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="invisibilitycloak">
Enable invisibility cloak
</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="warpspeed">
Enable warp speed
</label>Multiple checkboxes with jQuery
let checkboxes = $("input[type=checkbox][name=settings]")
let enabledSettings = [];
// Attach a change event handler to the checkboxes.
checkboxes.change(function() {
enabledSettings = checkboxes
.filter(":checked") // Filter out unchecked boxes.
.map(function() { // Extract values using jQuery map.
return this.value;
})
.get() // Get array.
console.log(enabledSettings);
});<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="forcefield">
Enable forcefield
</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="invisibilitycloak">
Enable invisibility cloak
</label>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="settings" value="warpspeed">
Enable warp speed
</label>