Question

How do I disable ALL checkboxes on a page that are not checked? Do I need to first scan through all the checkboxes or is there a simpler way? I’m still a jQuery newbie

Answer 1

Obviously a user won’t be able to ever select them again, as you’ve disabled them…

$(':checkbox:not(:checked)').prop('disabled', true);

See the :checkbox, :not, and :checked selector, as well as the prop() method.

If you’re not using jQuery 1.6.x, then you won’t have the prop() method; so use the attr() method instead:

$(':checkbox:not(:checked)').attr('disabled', true);

You can see this working in a jsfiddle that was posted in the comments: http://jsfiddle.net/loktar/LRL2k/1/