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:checkbox

Matches all input elements of type checkbox.

Examples:
Finds all checkbox inputs.

    var input = $(":checkbox").css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
    $("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
            .css("color", "red");
    $("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    
    var input = $(":checkbox").css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
    $("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
            .css("color", "red");
    $("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit

  });
  </script>
  <style>
  textarea { height:45px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <form>
    <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <input type="checkbox" />
    <input type="file" />
    <input type="hidden" />
    <input type="image" />
    <input type="password" />
    <input type="radio" />
    <input type="reset" />
    <input type="submit" />
    <input type="text" />
    <select><option>Option<option/></select>
    <textarea></textarea>
    <button>Button</button>
  </form>
  <div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

NameType

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