Has this issue been addressed? Im seeing the exact same thing.
On Aug 9, 3:57 am, wolfgang haefelinger <ora.et.lab...@web.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have trouble to select/deselect a simple checkbox (<input
> type="checkbox" />) in the context of XHTML and jQuery 1.3.2 . Tested
> on Firefox 3.5.2 and Safari 4.0.2.
>
> I wonder whether someone can explain me how to do it the proper way?
>
> To illustrate my problem, I have attached a small--ready to
> go--example. To try it out, unpack, then open demo/checked.html and
> demo/checked.xhtml in your browser. Then click on the 'select all'
> checkbox to select or deselect all checkboxes in the table.
>
> Everything works fine if the XHTML document is served as 'text/html'
> (see demo/checked.html) or whether I'm using plain Javascript. It
> does not work when served as 'application/xhtml+xml' (see demo/xhmtl).
> In this case, the manually enabled checkbox (the one in the last row)
> does not change. Everything works fine again if plain Javascript is
> being used!
>
> This is essentially how I use jQuery for selecting/deselecting a checkbox:
>
> === see demo/js/myjs.js ===
> $("#mailtable input").each(
> function() {
> if (is_checked) {
> $(this).attr('checked',"whatever");
> }
> else {
> $(this).removeAttr('checked');
> }
> }
> )
> ======================
>
> This code mimics the (standard?) XHTML behaviour. If attribute
> 'checked' is present, the checkbox is 'checked'; otherwise
> 'unchecked'. I tried to 'uncheck' the checkbox by using
> $(this).attr('checked',false) without luck. I tried also 'null' and
> 'undefined'. Then nothing happens at all. The closest to intented
> behaviour is the snippet above which works except that a manually
> selected checkbox does not change.
>
> The plain simple Javacode
> === see demo/js/myjs.js ===
> var mt, elms, e, i;
> mt = document.getElementById("mailtable");
> elms = mt.getElementsByTagName('input');
> for(i=0; e=elms.item(i); i++)
> {
> e.checked = is_checked;
> }
> =====================
>
> works fine without errors, no matter whether text/html or
> application/xhtml+xml.
>
> Greetz,
> Wolfgang.
> --
> Wolfgang Häfelinger
> häfelinger IT - Applied Software Architecturehttp://www.haefelinger.it
>
> demo.zip
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