Perfect sense. Thanks for the help.
On Sep 26, 3:47 pm, MorningZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "var checkbox = $("#" + checkboxId) // this is being found as
>
> > expected"
>
> The part you are missing is that "checkbox" is a jQuery object, not a
> checkbox DOM object
>
> so:
>
> "checkbox.checked"
>
> sure would error because there is no ".checked" property of a jQuery
> object
>
> so:
>
> checkbox[0].checked
>
> would work since the first item on a jQuery array is the DOM object
> itself
>
> make sense?
>
> On Sep 26, 1:01 pm, chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I know there is a quirk with checkboxes, but I am under the impression
> > that setting the check state to boolean values within javascript takes
> > care of that. Unfortunately, this assumption is proving to be an
> > incorrect one.
>
> > // Here is a snippet of code
> > $("li#" + liId).click(function(event){
>
> > var checkbox = $("#" + checkboxId) // this is being found as
> > expected
>
> > // flip the checkbox state
> > console.log(checkbox.checked)
> > checkbox.checked = !checkbox.checked
>
> > ====== End
>
> > // This code snippet always returns Undefined even when the checkbox
> > is checked
> > console.log(checkbox.checked)
>
> > // which then makes the flip of the values not work
> > checkbox.checked = !checkbox.checked
>
> > What is the proper way to reference the checked value and flip the
> > value?
>
> > Thanks.
