jQWidgets jqxSwitchButton val() Method

Last Updated : 04 Oct, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxSwitchButton is used to illustrate a jQuery button widget that changes its verified state after being clicked. Moreover, it is quite identical to the jqxToggleButton, yet possesses a distinct user interface view.

The val() method is used to set or get the value. It has one optional parameter namely value, which is of type Boolean. It returns a Boolean value.

Syntax:

To get the value.

var value = $("Selector").jqxSwitchButton('val');

To get the value using jQuery’s val().

var value = $("Selector").val();

To set value.

$("Selector").jqxSwitchButton('val', true);

To set value using jQuery’s val().

$("Selector").val(true);

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the 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” />
<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/jqxbuttons.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jqxSwitchButton val() method in jQWidgets.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  <head> 
    <link
      rel="stylesheet"
      href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css"
      type="text/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/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
  </head> 
  <body> 
    <center> 
      <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
      <h3>jQWidgets jqxSwitchButton val() method</h3> 
      <br /> 
      <div id="jqxSB"></div> 
      <div> 
        <input
          type="button"
          id="jqxBtn"
          style="margin-top: 25px"
          value="Setting value"
        /> 
      </div> 
    </center> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
      $(document).ready(function () { 
        $("#jqxBtn").jqxButton({ 
          width: "150px", 
          height: "40px", 
        }); 
  
        $("#jqxSB").jqxSwitchButton({ 
          height: "25px", 
          width: "70px", 
          checked: true, 
        }); 
  
        $("#jqxBtn").on("click", function () { 
          $("#jqxSB").jqxSwitchButton("val", false); 
        }); 
      }); 
    </script> 
  </body> 
</html>