Web Programming with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript

10.7 Checkboxes

Up next is the checkbox control. It’s pretty similar to the radio button control, so be prepared for much of the upcoming description to sound familiar.

When a checkbox is clicked, a check appears in the checkbox. When the checkbox is clicked again, the check disappears. Checkboxes are sometimes standalone entities, and sometimes they come in groups. If they’re in a group, they’re not limited to just one selection (as radio buttons are). None, some, or all of them can be selected.

HTML Attributes

Here are the checkbox control’s more important attributes:

Checkbox Control Attributes
type	id	name	value	checked	required	disabled	onclick

To create a checkbox control, you’ll need an input element with ...