Perform an action on checkbox checked or unchecked event on html form

Question

I have a checkbox on a form which is unchecked by default as usual. Now I want to perform two separated actions on the checked and unchecked state of this checkbox.

This is my checkbox:

<form>     syn<input type="checkbox" name="checkfield" id="g01-01"  onchange="doalert(this.id)"/> </form> 

And this is my script:

function doalert(id){   if(this.checked) {      alert('checked');   }else{      alert('unchecked');   } } 

It just alerts unchecked! What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

We can do this using JavaScript, no need of jQuery. Just pass the changed element and let JavaScript handle it.

HTML

<form id="myform">     syn<input type="checkbox" name="checkfield" id="g01-01"  onchange="doalert(this)"/> </form> 

JS

function doalert(checkboxElem) {   if (checkboxElem.checked) {     alert ("hi");   } else {     alert ("bye");   } } 

Demo Here

Answer 2

The problem is how you've attached the listener:

<input type="checkbox" ...  onchange="doalert(this.id)"> 

Inline listeners are effectively wrapped in a function which is called with the element as this. That function then calls the doalert function, but doesn't set its this so it will default to the global object (window in a browser).

Since the window object doesn't have a checked property, this.checked always resolves to false.

If you want this within doalert to be the element, attach the listener using addEventListener:

window.onload = function() {   var input = document.querySelector('#g01-01');   if (input) {        input.addEventListener('change', doalert, false);   } } 

Or if you wish to use an inline listener:

<input type="checkbox" ...  onchange="doalert.call(this, this.id)">