How to check a checkbox?

Question

Here is my input:

<input name="my_checkbox" type="checkbox" value="1">

I'm trying to check/uncheck it via jquery:

this._holder.find('checkbox').prop('checked', true);

But this fails to work. I know this._holder.find is working as I am able to set this:

this._holder.find('input').val('whatever');

Where am I going wrong?

CSS selectors 101 `"checkbox"` is looking for `` That is an element selector, not an attribute selector. — epascarello, Sep 18 '14 at 16:09
this question is duplicate of hundreds of others... I don't mean to be rude, but did you even try googling this question? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/426258/how-do-i-check-a-checkbox-with-jquery/426276#426276 — Mike, Sep 18 '14 at 16:11

Denys Séguret · Answer 1 · 2014-09-18T16:13:30.647

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Your selector doesn't work because your element hasn't checkbox as tag.

Use

this._holder.find('[name=my_checkbox]').prop('checked', true);

or

this._holder.find('[type=checkbox]').prop('checked', true);

edited Sep 18 '14 at 16:13

answered Sep 18 '14 at 16:08

Denys Séguret

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 16:17

0

$(":checkbox").prop('checked',true);

answered Sep 18 '14 at 16:17

Genjuro

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