jQuery - Unable to remove checked attribute from checkboxes

Question

I have a form generated with the answer of an Ajax request to a PHP page communicating with my database.

When I click on the submit button, I gather through jQuery for the content of the different form inputs (text,checkbox,textarea,...) in simple arrays to send them back to the database.

Now I want to reset the form after the submission.
I failed to use myForm.reset() to clear everything (it did nothing) even with all the methods I found on StackOverflow and the internet in general. So I decided to code the clear process myself.

To the main problem : I gather the values of the checked checkboxes with :

var complement0=[];
complement0.push($("input[name=foo]:checked").map(function() {
  return this.value;
}).get());

And then try to uncheck the checkboxes. Here are the ways I tried to do it without success :

$("input[name=foo]:checked").each(function() {
  $(this).removeAttr('checked');
});

$("input[name=foo]:checked").map(function() {
  return this;
}).removeAttr('checked');

$("input[name=prsFmtLng]:checked").attr('checked',false);

$("input[name=prsFmtLng]:checked").removeAttr('checked');

Since it looks like to be simple when other people talk about this: either I don't understand what I am doing or I am just missing something.

Any help is welcomed.

The answer :

    $("input[name=foo]:checked").map(function() {
        $(this).prop('checked',false);
    });

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:53

0

checked is a property.

Use :

.prop('checked',false);

;)

answered Mar 26 '17 at 21:53

Louys Patrice Bessette

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While you answered here I found out thanks to : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5874652/prop-vs-attr/5876747#5876747 Thank you anyway =) – Alexandre Rivara Mar 26 '17 at 21:59
Had to wait 1min before I could accept it. I edited my question to add the answer. I don't if I should just delete it since I had to search for a while before finding that simple answer. Should I ? – Alexandre Rivara Mar 26 '17 at 22:06
Your choice! Do you think your question may help future reader is the question to ask yourself. ;) – Louys Patrice Bessette Mar 26 '17 at 22:07
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Then I'll leave it because many other questions related to checked checkboxes doesn't talk about this detail. Thank you again. – Alexandre Rivara Mar 26 '17 at 22:10
Was a pleasure ;) – Louys Patrice Bessette Mar 26 '17 at 22:10

jQuery - Unable to remove checked attribute from checkboxes

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