How to check whether a checkbox is checked with JavaScript?

Javascript Front End Scripts Object Oriented Programming

To check whether a checkbox is checked with JavaScript, the code is as follows −

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<h1>Displaying textBox when a checkbox is checked</h1>
Checkbox: <input type="checkbox" class="check" onclick="checkFunction()" />
<h2 class="textBox" style="display:none">Checkbox is checked!!!</h2>
<script>
   document.querySelector(".check").addEventListener("click", checkFunction);
   function checkFunction() {
      var checkBox = document.querySelector(".check");
      var textBox = document.querySelector(".textBox");
      if (checkBox.checked == true) {
         textBox.style.display = "block";
      } else {
         textBox.style.display = "none";
      }
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

On clicking the checkbox −

AmitDiwan

Updated on: 06-May-2020

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