The value is what is submitted for the checkbox if the checkbox is a checked checkbox.
For example: if your form has a string property named foo, and your checkbox's value is "bob", then if you check the checkbox and submit, form.getFoo() will return "bob". If you dont check the checkbox and submit, NOTHING is submitted (not a null, not an empty string, nothing!) - so setFoo() is NOT called and if its value was "bob" it will STAY bob. Note that if you are using a request scoped actionForm you probably wont notice this as a problem as you will get a new form instance each submit anyway. Of course if you set foo to "bob" in your reset, then the checkbox will display as checked, BUT if you uncheck it and submit, nothing is submitted, so the value will still be "bob" in the form... The place to preset values for your checkbox is in the action you go through before going to the view, and your reset method should should set the value for foo to "unbob" or false (if you use a boolean property) or "false" or whatever so that unchecked boxes can be detected by your code. (For various reasons its recommended to preceed all views with an action - even if its a no-op action - instead of linking directly to the jsp) -----Original Message----- From: Abhinav (Cognizant) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2003 20:00 To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Checkbox ???? The documentation says : You must set the boolean property to false in the reset method of ActionForm. What does it mean. Browser will only submit those checkboxes which are checked. And what is the significance of 'value' attribute of the checkbox thus generated given that it has one of {"on", "off"}. I have to show a checkbox prechecked when the page loads. How can I do that. The checkbox value has no influence on it. Thanx. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
