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Select checkbox if not selected with Protractor

I try execute in protractor following scenario:
Find checkbox
Check if it is selected
If yes - go further
If not - select it and go further
For some reason isSelected() function is not working with my checkbox, but I've found some solution. Below code works correctly:
expect(checkbox.getAttribute('aria-checked')).toEqual('false')
It checks some checkbox attribute which is 'false' if not selected and 'true' if selected. (but as a string)
Now the main question. How to write an 'if / else' statement to make it works?
I tried something like that:
if (expect(checkbox.getAttribute('aria-checked')).toEqual('false')) {
checkbox.click();
}
But it always clicks on checkbox no mater if it was selected or not. I've tried also:
if (checkbox.getAttribute('aria-checked').toEqual('false')) {
checkbox.click();
}
But there is an error which says "It's not a function".
Could anybody help me with that?

You can use the below method to solve the problem.
Before clicking any any checkbox, check for the value of aria-checked attribute, if its true don't do anything. Otherwise click on it.
checkBoxElement.getAttribute("aria-checked").then(function(isChecked){
if(isChecked == "false") { //getAttribute will return the value as string.
checkBox.click();
}
})

You could try to make some helper function:
function setCheckBoxTo(locator, value){
var checkbox = element(locator);
checkbox.isChecked().then(function(selected){
if(selected !== value){
checkbox.click();
}
}
}
where [value is true/false]

How to disable enable a checkbox based on another checkbox?

Following code is generated by a for loop.
<form action="saveresponse.php" method="POST" name="mainForm">
<input class="cbox_yes" type="checkbox" name="yes[]" value="01.jpg"
onclick="spenable()" /> OK
<input class="cbox_sp" type="checkbox" name="sp[]" value="01.jpg" disabled />Special<br />
<input class="cbox_yes" type="checkbox" name="yes[]" value="02.jpg"
onclick="spenable()" /> OK
<input class="cbox_sp" type="checkbox" name="sp[]" value="02.jpg" disabled />Special<br />
etc etc upto n times...
Now, what I want is that on page load, all the sp[] checkboxes should be disabled and enabled only if their corrosponding yes[] checkbox is checked by user.
Javascript code I am using: (Just to check if JS is capturing the states of yes[] checkbox?
function spenable(){
var yes = document.mainForm.yes[].value;
if (yes == true)
//alert("true");
document.mainForm.yes[].value = checked;
else
//alert("false");
document.mainForm.yes[].value = checked;
};
};
But I am not getting any alert (Neither Yes, Nor No).
So, is yes[] (Square brackets) in second line is incorrect? Or my if/else condition is wrong in JS?
P.S. All the questions here at SO or on Google deal with only one case/pair.
P.S. If required, I can change yes[] to yes1, yes2, yes3 etc and corresponding sp1, sp2, sp3 where 1,2,3 is $i of For loop, but then how will I capture/refer to it in JS?
_UPDATE:_
The flow/conditions are(Clarification):
Initially Special checkbox will be disabled and OK checkbox will be unchecked.
Then if user checks Ok, Special gets enabled.
If user want, he can tick Special.
If, later, user changes mind and untick the OK, Special should be unticked as well as disabled again.

I used jQuery here for the sake of simplicity.
$("input[name='yes[]']").change(function() { //When checkbox changes
var checked = $(this).attr("checked");
$(this).next().attr("disabled", !checked); //The next checkbox will enable
});​ // or disable based on the
// checkbox before it
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Zdf9d/
Pure JavaScript: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Zdf9d/1/
Update
It will uncheck the first checkboxes when the Special checkbox is checked.
Pure JavaScript: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Zdf9d/2/
More Updates
Here's the demo:
Pure JavaScript: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Zdf9d/3/
jQuery: http://jsfiddle.net/DerekL/Zdf9d/4/
Little note: document.querySelectorAll works on all modern browsers and IE8+ including IE8. It is always better to use jQuery if you want to support IE6.

You can't use yes[] as an identifier in the Javascript, so you have to access the field using the name as a string:
document.mainForm["yes[]"]
This will not return a single element, it will return an array of elements. Use an index to access a specific element:
document.mainForm["yes[]"][0]
The value of the checkbox will always be the value property, regardless of whether the checkbox is selected or not. Use the checked property to find out if it's selected:
function spenable() {
var yes = document.mainForm["yes[]"][0].checked;
if (yes) {
alert("true");
} else {
alert("false");
};
}
To access the specific checkbox that was clicked, send the index of the checkbox in the event call:
<input class="cbox_yes" type="checkbox" name="yes[]" value="01.jpg" onclick="spenable(0);" /> OK
Use the index in the function:
function spenable(idx) {
var yes = document.mainForm["yes[]"][idx].checked;
var sp = document.mainForm["sp[]"][idx];
sp.disabled = !yes;
}

If you are open to using jQuery:
$('input[type="checkbox"]').click(function(){
var obj = $(this);
obj.next('.cbox_sp').attr({'disabled':(obj.is(':checked') ? false : 'disabled')});
});
This solution will assign an onclick event handler to all checkboxes and then check to see if the corresponding "special" checkbox should be disabled or not. It also sets the default checked state to true.
Working Example: http://jsfiddle.net/6YTqC/

Check if a checkbox is checked in JS

I am new to js and jquery. Currently, I have a form at form.php which contains a checkbox. When the user clicks submit, the form variables are sent to a form.js file where each value is checked to be null or not.
The form.js file works perfectly, however, for the checkbox nothing seems to happen. I have a feeling this is due to the way I have declared the variable.
The following is the code for the js file:
var email = $('#email').val();
var website = $('#website').val();
var CHECKBOX = $('CHECKBOX').val();
...
...
if (CHECKBOX.checked == FALSE){
var error = true;
$('#notchecked_error').fadeIn(500);
}else{
$('#notchecked_error').fadeOut(500);
}

Try using:
if ( $('#CHECKBOX').prop("checked") )
or:
if ( $('#CHECKBOX').is(":checked") )
Also, be sure your selector for the checkbox is correct.

I see two problems in your code. The first one is that the selector in your CHECKBOX assignation is faulty. It should be
var CHECKBOX = $('#CHECKBOX').val();
or
var CHECKBOX = $('input[type=checkbox]').val();
the second problem is that you are reading CHECKBOX.checked from the val() function, you need to read it from the checkbox itself.
if(CHECKBOX.checked)

$('input[type=checkbox]:checked') // If you have multiple checkboxes you can use this and loop through them to get additional info
$('#checkboxID:checked').length // To get one specific checkbox

`$('CHECKBOX').val();`
Will try to find an element with a tagname of CHECKBOX and return it's value. Presumably you want to reference the checkbox with an ID of CHECKBOX:
var CHECKBOX = $('#CHECKBOX');
To see if it's checked:
if (!CHECKBOX[0].checked) {
// CHECKBOX is not checked
}
You really should learn basic javascript before using jQuery. Usually validation is initiated from a form submit, which can give you are reference to the form. You can then reference all of the form elements as properties of the form, you don't need to create all of those jQuery objects. e.g. if you form is something like:
<form ... onsubmit="validate(this)"... >
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox">
</form>
Then in your validate function:
function validate(form) {
if (!form.checkbox.checked) {
// the checkbox isn't checked
}
}
You can attach the listener dynamically if you wish.

Javascript tickbox validation

I am trying to add javascript validation to a bunch of check boxes, basically what I want is as soon as the user has selected 3 tickboxes, it should disable all of the tickboxes except the three that were ticked.
How could I go about doing that?
Thanx in advance!

The following will disable the rest of the checkboxes if you select 3 of them, and also enable them once you uncheck one of the three selected..
$(':checkbox').click(
function(){
var selected = $(':checkbox:checked').length;
if (selected == 3)
{
$(':checkbox:not(:checked)').attr('disabled',true);
}
else
{
$(':checkbox:not(:checked)').attr('disabled',false);
}
}
);
Live demo

Have on onclick handler that when a checkbox is clicked it ups a counter by one if it is unchecked it decreases the count. After raising the count, test to see if it is three. Then probably the easiest method is to either save the ids of the three checked boxes or save them in the previous step. Then change the click event to return true only if the ids match the saved ids.
Sorry I don't have time right now to actually write up any code. Hopefully this will get you started.

jQuery
$("#container :checkbox").click(function(){
if ($("#container :checkbox").length >= 3) {
$("#container :checkbox").attr("disabled", "disabled");
}
});

Question regarding checking the state of a checkbox class

I'll try and make this question simple. Can I assign a class to a series of different checkboxes, and use Jquery to do something when any one of those checkboxes is checked? Searching around on the internet I have found documentation on grabbing the name: $('input[name=foo]').is(':checked') but when I swap out the name attribute for the class attr, it won't work! How can I set an event to occur if any of the checkboxes with this certain class is checked? Please help me out! Thanks

Use hasClass to test whether or not a particular element has been assigned a certain class e.g.:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("input[name=something]:checkbox").click(function() {
if($(this).is(":checked") && $(this).hasClass("foo")) {
// the checkbox has been checked and has a class of foo
}
});
});
Try a demo here.

You can get the status of all the checkbox at a single go by putting same name to all the checkboxes.