Question

i am constructing html table dynamically using java, and i want to check the checkbox automatically based on some condition, but whater the the case is the check box comes checked,

below is the code i use :

 if(isactive.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")){
                         checked="checked";
                     }
                     else{
                         checked="false";
                     }

and the check box code :

htmlTable.append("<td align=\"left\" ><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"headername_"+loopvariable+"\" id=\"headername_"+loopvariable+"\" value="+id+" checked="+checked+">"+columnname.toUpperCase()+"<br></td>");

if the value is not `Y` than uncheck the checkbox is my requirement but it is not working.

please advise how to go about.

Regards

Answer 1

Setting the checked property will yield a checked checkbox, regardless of what you set it to.

You need to have the entire property in your variable:

if(isactive.equalsIgnoreCase("Y")){
    checked = "checked=\"checked\"";
} else {
    checked = "";
}

And update your string concatenation accordingly:

"... value="+id+" " + checked + ">"