Question

following structure:

<label class="selectit">
    <input value="3" type="checkbox" name="tax_input[event_type][]" id="in-event_type-3">
     Workshops
</label>

I can easily do that to find out if the checkbox is checked …

if ( $('#in-event_type-3').attr('checked') ) {

Is there also some way to use a selector where I can put in “Workshops” to select the checkbox? The problem is that the id of the checkbox is generated dynamically and changes from time to time. The label-text “Workshops” however is set by me and I wonder if I can somehow write a selector that uses this “Workshops” string to select the checkbox?

Any ideas on that?

Answer 1

Try the :contains selector:

$(".selectit:contains('Workshops')").find(":checkbox").prop('checked');