You could use:
$('#test')[0].checked
Your original attempt to use $('#test').checked didn't work because checked
is a property of the DOM element, not the jQuery object. By using [0] you
get the first (and in this case, only) DOM element in the jQuery object's
array of elements.
$('#test') is pretty fast, but of course document.getElementById is the
fastest if that's a consideration.
-Mike
> From: George
>
> Thanks,
> But I think that
> if (document.getElementById('test').checked ) {} would be
> better...performance wise and readability is better
>
> Is there problem with this approach?
>
> PS: Is there shorter syntaxes for document.getElementById('test')?
>
> Thanks
> George.
>
>
> On Nov 12, 1:25 pm, ripple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > try:
> >
> > if ($("#test").is(":checked")) {}
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 11/12/08, George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > From: George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [jQuery] working with checkboxes
> > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 1:11 PM
> >
> > I have a checkbox
> > <input type="checkbox" id=test>
> >
> > the $('#test').checked always returns undefined. No matter
> if checkbox
> > checked or not...
> > Is it how it's supposed to be?
> >
> > I thought that $('#test') will return me the object wrapped
> so i have
> > original methods/properties as well as new one that came
> from JQuery.
> > Am i mistaken?
> >
> > Thanks
> > George.
>
