: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: