Question

I want to have a jquery function that will be activated when any checkbox is clicked and based on the value field of the checkbox that is clicked it will disable or enable other checkboxes.

So far I have:

$(function () {
    $('input [type="checkbox"]').click(function () {

    });
});

Okay, so I’ve made some progress.. but it’s still not working.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $(':checkbox').click(function () {

        $value = $(this).attr('value');

        if ($(this).is(':checked'))
        {
            switch ($value)
            {
                case "BLIPA":
                    $(':checkbox[value*="B"]').attr('disabled', true);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            $(':checkbox').each(function()
            {

            }
        }
    });
});

Have I made any mistakes?

Edit:

Okay so I have solve it. Here is the solution:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $("input[type='checkbox']").click(function () {

        var value = $(this).attr('value');

        if ($(this).is(':checked')) {

            var modules = FindModuleRules(value);

            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[0] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[1] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[2] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value~="' + value + '"]').attr('disabled', false);

        }
        else {
            var modules = FindModuleRules(value);

            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[0] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[1] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[2] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
        }
    });

    function FindModuleRules(string) {

        var modules = new Array();

        var bRegex = /B/;
        var lRegex = /L/;
        var aRegex = /A/;

        if (string.search(bRegex) != -1)
            modules[0] = "B";
        else
            modules[0] = "X";
        if (string.search(lRegex) != -1)
            modules[1] = "L";
        else
            modules[1] = "X";
        if (string.search(aRegex) != -1)
            modules[2] = "A";
        else
            modules[2] = "X";

        return modules;
    }

});

Answer 1

I have answered the question. Thanks for all the help.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {
    $("input[type='checkbox']").click(function () {

        var value = $(this).attr('value');

        if ($(this).is(':checked')) {

            var modules = FindModuleRules(value);

            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[0] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[1] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[2] + '"]').attr('disabled', true);
            $(':checkbox[value~="' + value + '"]').attr('disabled', false);

        }
        else {
            var modules = FindModuleRules(value);

            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[0] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[1] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
            $(':checkbox[value*="' + modules[2] + '"]').attr('disabled', false);
        }
    });

    function FindModuleRules(string) {

        var modules = new Array();

        var bRegex = /B/;
        var lRegex = /L/;
        var aRegex = /A/;

        if (string.search(bRegex) != -1)
            modules[0] = "B";
        else
            modules[0] = "X";
        if (string.search(lRegex) != -1)
            modules[1] = "L";
        else
            modules[1] = "X";
        if (string.search(aRegex) != -1)
            modules[2] = "A";
        else
            modules[2] = "X";

        return modules;
    }

});

I use the FindModuleRule function to sort through all the value strings and pick out key characters that only appear in certain values such as ‘A’, ‘L’, or ‘B’ if none is found then I assign to ‘X’ which is not found in any of the value strings. I then use that character to select all check boxes with values that contain the character and either switch them on or off depending and then switch the check box that was clicked to its appropriate state.