:unchecked Selector

unchecked selector

Description: Selects all elements that are unchecked.

  • jQuery( ":unchecked" )

Inversion of :checked.

Example:

Finds all input elements that are unchecked.

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<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Finds all input elements that are unchecked.</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://jqueryvalidation.org/files/demo/site-demos.css">
<style>
div { color:red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="myform">
<form>
<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" checked="checked" value="Hourly" />
<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" value="Daily" />
<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" value="Weekly" />
<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" checked="checked" value="Monthly" />
<input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" value="Yearly" />
</form>
<div></div>
</form>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.16.0/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.16.0/additional-methods.min.js"></script>
<script>
// just for the demos, avoids form submit
jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
debug: true,
success: "valid"
});
function countUnchecked() {
var n = $( "input:unchecked" ).length;
$( "div" ).text(n + (n == 1 ? " is" : " are") + " unchecked!" );
}
countUnchecked();
$( ":checkbox" ).click( countUnchecked );
</script>
</body>
</html>

Demo: