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LeggoMaEggo
LeggoMaEggo

Reputation: 541

li input checkbox: how to get checked state javascript

I have access to each of the li[i] that returns what you see in the picture. An example would be li[i].innerText returns business. How can I get the checked state of each element?

element iteration 

//loop through li elements in categories to add listeners
  for(var i = 0 ; i < li.length; i++){
    (function(i){
        li[i].addEventListener('click', function(event) {
          event.preventDefault();

          //disallow repeats
          if(checkedItems.indexOf(li[i].innerText) == -1){
            checkedItems[counter] = li[i].innerText;
            counter++;
            console.log("added");
          }

          console.log(li[i].checked); //undefined
          //remove element if unchecked from array
          if(li[i].checked){
            var index = checkedItems.indexOf(li[i].innerText);
            console.log(li[i].innerText +": " + index);
            checkedItems.splice(index, 1);
            console.log("disabled");
            counter--;
          }
    console.log(checkedItems);
        });
    }(i));

  }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2048

Answers (1)

trincot
trincot

Reputation: 350841

You need to get a reference to the input element, which you can do as follows:

var input = this.querySelector('input[type=checkbox]');

... and then you can use input.checked:

var li = document.querySelectorAll('li');

for(var i = 0 ; i < li.length; i++){
    li[i].addEventListener('click', function(event) {
      //event.preventDefault();
      var input = this.querySelector('input[type=checkbox]');
      console.log(this.textContent.trim(), input.checked);
    });
}
<ul>
<li>
    <span>test</span>
    <input type="checkbox">
</li>
</ul>

Upvotes: 1

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