Question

As per the requirement i have to create xhtml dynamically as described below

<ul class="checklist">
    <li>
        <input type="checkbox" name="level[1]" value="1" onclick="checkAll(this)" id="level[1]">
        <label for="level[1]">Unit 1</label>
        <ul class="subchecklist">
            <li>
                <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="courses[1][1]" value="1" onclick="checkTop()" id="courses[1][1]">
                <label for="courses[1][1]">Module 1</label>
            </li>
            <li>
                <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="courses[1][2]" value="2" onclick="checkTop()" id="courses[1][2]">
                <label for="courses[1][2]">Module 2</label>
            </li>

        </ul>
    </li>
        <li>
        <input type="checkbox" name="level[2]" value="2" onclick="checkAll(this)" id="level[2]">
        <label for="level[2]">Unit 2</label>
        <ul class="subchecklist">
            <li>
                <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="courses[2][1]" value="1" onclick="checkTop()" id="courses[2][1]">
                <label for="courses[2][1]">Module 1</label>
            </li>
            <li>
                <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="courses[2][2]" value="2" onclick="checkTop()" id="courses[2][2]">
                <label for="courses[2][2]">Module 2</label>
            </li>

        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

I want to check / Uncheck all module checkboxes on the selection of its associated parent level. Here is my javascript function.

function checkAll(obj){ 
    var element = document.accessForm.elements["courses["+obj.value+"]"];   
    alert(element);     
    if(obj.checked){
        for(i=0;i<element.length;i++){
            element[i].checked = true;
        }
    }else{
        for(i=0;i<element.length;i++){
            element[i].checked = false;
        }
    }
}

But when i display element variable then get the response “Undefined”.

Can anybody please help

Answer 1

use this function:

function checkAll(obj){
    var element = [];
    var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
    for(var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++)
    {
        if(inputs[i].name.indexOf('courses[' + obj.value + ']') == 0)
        {
           element.push(inputs[i]);
        }
    }

    if(obj.checked){
        for(i=0;i<element.length;i++){
            element[i].checked = true;
        }
    }else{
        for(i=0;i<element.length;i++){
            element[i].checked = false;
        }
    }
}