Determine if Checkbox is Checked using jQuery [duplicate]

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Check checkbox checked property using jQuery

What is the correct way of accessing a checkbox to check if it's checked? Is it necessary to first check if that element exists in the DOM and then see if is checked or not?

Answer 1

You would use the checked selector along with the is method of Jquery

if($('#chkbox').is(':checked')){  }