Question

I have some checkboxes, something like this:

<form name="submit-form" name="submit-form">
<label>property1</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property1"><br>
<label>property2</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property2"><br>
<label>property3</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property3"><br>
<label>property4</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property4"><br>
<label>property5</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property5"><br>
<label>property6</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="property6"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>

I would like to validate that atleast one checkbox at a time. plz help me. thanks in advance

Answer 1

$("#YourbuttonId").click(function(){
    if($('#YourTableId').find('input[type=checkbox]:checked').length == 0)
    {
        alert('Please select atleast one checkbox');
    }
});

Update:

i saw your code and seems like you are using jquery validation plugin in that case this post will help you

and try giving your checkbox same name which exist in a group

http://forum.jquery.com/topic/check-that-at-least-1-checkbox-is-checked-using-jquery-validate-plugin