Name
defaultChecked — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1
Synopsis
Read/Write
Whether the element has the CHECKED
attribute set
in the tag. You can compare the current checked
property against defaultChecked
to see whether the
state of the control has changed since the document loaded. Changing
this property does not affect the current checked
status.
Example
var cBox = document.forms[0].checkbox1
if (cBox.checked != cBox.defaultChecked) {
process for changed state
}
Value
Boolean value: true
| false
.
Default
Determined by HTML tag attribute.
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