HTML | DOM Input Radio checked Property

Last Updated : 26 Aug, 2022

The DOM Input Radio checked Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the checked state of an Input Radio Button. This Property is used to reflect the HTML checked attribute.

Syntax:

It returns the checked property.

radioObject.checked

It is used to set the checked property:

radioObject.checked = true|false

Property Values:

true: It specifies that a radio button is checked.
false: It has a Default Value. It specify that the radio button is not checked.

Return value: It returns a Boolean value which represents that the radio button is checked or not.

Example-1: This Example illustrates how to return the Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
         
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>
      GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
      HTML DOM Input Radio Checked Property
    </h2>
    <form id="myGeeks">
        Radio Button:
        <input type="radio" 
               checked=true
               id="radioID" 
               value="Geeks_radio"
               name="Geek_radio" 
               disabled>
        <br>
        <br>
    </form>
    <button onclick="GFG()">
        Click!
    </button>
    <p id="GFG" 
       style="font-size:25px;
              color:green;">
    </p>
    <script>
        function GFG() {
 
            // Return Input Radio checked Property
            var x =
                document.getElementById(
                  "radioID").defaultChecked;
           
            document.getElementById(
              "GFG").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Before Clicking On Button:

After Clicking On Button:

Example-2: This Example illustrates how to set the Property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
         
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>HTML DOM Input Radio  Checked Property</h2>
    <form id="myGeeks">
        Radio Button:
        <input type="radio"
               id="radioID" 
               value="Geeks_radio" 
               name="Geek_radio" 
               checked>
        <br>
        <br>
    </form>
    <button onclick="GFG()">
        check
    </button>
    <button onclick="uncheck()">
        uncheck
    </button>
    <p id="GFG" 
       style="font-size:25px;
              color:green;">
    </p>
    <script>
        function GFG() {
 
           // Set Input Radio checked Property
            document.getElementById(
              "radioID").checked = "true";
        }
 
        function uncheck() {
            document.getElementById(
              "radioID").checked = false;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>