Javascript DOM HTML Input Checkbox type Property get

Introduction

Find out type of the checkbox: 

var x = document.getElementById("myCheck").type;

Check the checkbox to display checkbox's type.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<input type="checkbox" onclick="myFunction()" id="myCheck">

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {/*from   w w w. j  a v a 2  s.  com*/
  var x = document.getElementById("myCheck").type;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The type property returns type of the checkbox.

For a checkbox this property will always return "checkbox".

Type Description
String The type of form element the checkbox is



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