jquery checkbox button checked or not on manually designed checkbox code example

Example 1: Setting “checked” for a checkbox with jQuery

$('.myCheckbox').prop('checked', true);
$('.myCheckbox').prop('checked', false);

Example 2: jquery set checkbox

//jQuery 1.6+ use:
$('.checkboxClass').prop('checked', true);
//jQuery 1.5.x and below use:
$('.checkboxClass').attr('checked', true);