jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup val() Method

Last Updated : 30 Jan, 2023

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful and optimized framework, platform-independent, and widely supported. The jqxCheckBoxGroup widget is used to display a group of checkboxes that allows users to select or deselect the checkbox group.

The val() method is used to set or return the value of the displayed jqxCheckBoxGroup. It returns [].

Syntax:

$("#jqxCheckBoxGroup").jqxCheckBoxGroup('val');

Parameters:

value: It is the specified value parameter that is optional in nature. It is of type [].

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css”>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js”></script>

Example 1: The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup val() method.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css"> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script> 
      
    <style> 
        body { 
            margin-left: 100px; 
        } 
  
        .jqxcheckboxgroup { 
            margin-left: 50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup val() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <h4>Select your Company name:</h4> 
  
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>GfG</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>TCS</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Capgemni</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Wipro</div> 
        <br> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="btn" value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".jqxcheckboxgroup").jqxCheckBox({ 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $("#btn").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 180, 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $('#btn').jqxButton(). 
                    click(function () { 
                        var v = $('.jqxcheckboxgroup').jqxCheckBox('val'); 
                        $('#log').text(v); 
                    }); 
            });     
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2: The following is another example of the jqxCheckBoxGroup val() method in jQWidgets.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" /> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.energyblue.css"> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcheckboxgroup.js"></script> 
    <script type="text/javascript"
        src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"></script> 
      
    <style> 
        body { 
            margin-left: 100px; 
        } 
  
        .jqxcheckboxgroup { 
            margin-left: 50px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3> 
            jQWidgets jqxCheckBoxGroup val() Method 
        </h3> 
  
        <h4>Select your Company name:</h4> 
  
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>GfG</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>TCS</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Capgemni</div> 
        <div class='jqxcheckboxgroup'>Wipro</div> 
        <br> 
        <input type="button" style="margin: 5px;" 
               id="btn" value="Click here" /> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".jqxcheckboxgroup").jqxCheckBox({ 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $("#btn").jqxButton({ 
                    width: 180, 
                    theme: 'energyblue', 
                }); 
                $('#btn').jqxButton(). 
                    click(function () { 
                        var v = $('.jqxcheckboxgroup').jqxCheckBox('val'); 
                        if (v === null) { 
                            $('#log').text("Null!"); 
                        } 
                        else { 
                            $('#log').text("Not null!"); 
                        } 
                    }); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>