Reading Checkbox list selected items using jquery
*I have posted the same on StackOverflow.
I solved the problem in the following way. My ASP.NET code for the checkboxlist is as below
<asp:CheckBoxList ID="chkHourly" runat="server" RepeatLayout="Table"
RepeatColumns="4" RepeatDirection="Horizontal">
<asp:ListItem Value="0">00:00 AM</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="1">01:00 AM</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="2">02:00 AM</asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>
The generated HTML will look like this below
<table id="ctl00_chkHourly" border="0">
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT id=ctl00_chkHourly_0 name=ctl00$chkHourly$0 value="" CHECKED type=checkbox>
<LABEL for=ctl00_chkHourly_0>00:00 AM</LABEL></TD>
<TD>
<INPUT id=ctl00_chkHourly_1 name=ctl00$chkHourly$1 value="" type=checkbox>
<LABEL for=ctl00_chkHourly_1>01:00 AM</LABEL></TD>
<TD>
<INPUT id=ctl00_chkHourly_2 name=ctl00$chkHourly$2 value="" type=checkbox>
<LABEL for=ctl00_chkHourly_2>02:00 AM</LABEL>
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
Please notice that there is a label created besides each input in the table, and when a checkbox is checked, the input's value will be 'on' and what you see as an option is the label's text, in my case I needed the text, but to get the value also in a round about away, I would read the name of the individual input fields that are checked. Please see the code below that I have written to read the text selected and also the name of the input selected so that I can strip it and read the value if needed.
var postData = new Array();
$("[id*=chkHourly] input[type=checkbox]:checked").each(function () {
alert($(this).next().text());
alert($(this).next().html());
alert($(this).attr("name"));
postData.push($(this).next().text());
});
if (postData.length > 0) {
alert("Selected Text(s): " + postData);
}
else {
alert("No item has been selected.");
}
