Question

is there a way to set the checkbox checked by default with the name attribute not class or id ?

<input type="checkbox" name="test">

i tried this but doesn’t work:

document.getElementByName("test").checked = true;

Please provide a jsfiddle.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. However, there is no getElementByName method, there is only getElementsByName. So if you have a single element with name "test", you can do:

document.getElementsByName("test")[0].checked = true;

Otherwise, you can set an ID to the element and use document.getElementById.

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/GKFcR/