Find out if the checkbox is checked by default:
var x = document.getElementById("myCheck").defaultChecked;
Click button to find out if the checkbox is checked by default.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> Checkbox:<input type="checkbox" id="myCheck" checked> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// www .j a v a2s . co m var x = document.getElementById("myCheck").defaultChecked; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>
The defaultChecked
property returns the default value of the checked attribute.
This property returns true if the checkbox is checked by default, otherwise it returns false.