Question

in my mvc application i have a checkbox. but dont know why its value is always true. pls help

my view page

<div id="maindiv">
<%: Html.CheckBoxFor(m => m.status)%>
<%: Html.LabelFor(m => m.status)%>
</div>

and the script is here how i am getting the value TRUE always

<script type="text/javascript">
   $('#status').change(function () {
       alert(" active " + $('#status').val());
   });
</script>

Answer 1

use instead:

var status = ( $("#status").attr("checked") ? 'checked' : 'unchecked' );
alert(" active " + status);

Explanation:
you were reading the value of the checkbox which is always true, you need to check whether its checked attribute is checked or unchecked.
I used the ternary operator to check check whether it’s checked or not
You could have also used $("#status").is(":checked") but it is slower.