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HTML DOM Checkbox defaultChecked property

Checkbox Object Reference Checkbox objects

Definition and Usage

defaultChecked property returns the default value for the property checked.

This property returns true if the checkbox is selected by default, otherwise it returns false.

grammar

checkboxObject.defaultChecked


Browser Support

Internet ExplorerFirefoxOperaGoogle ChromeSafari

All major browsers support defaultChecked property


Examples

Examples

The following example returns the value of the checked property:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<Html>
<Head>
<Meta charset = "utf-8">
<Title> This tutorial (w3big.com) </ title>
<Script>
function displayResult () {
var x = document.getElementById ( "myCheck") defaultChecked.;
alert (x);
}
</ Script>
</ Head>
<Body>

<Form>
<Input type = "checkbox" id = "myCheck" checked = "checked"> do you like summer?
</ Form>
<Button type = "button" onclick = "displayResult ()"> select the default selection box do? </ Button>

</ Body>
</ Html>

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Checkbox Object Reference Checkbox objects