Question

is there any reason why these table checkboxes would return a ‘1’ or true statement whether they are checked or not?

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Lake/Body Name:</td>
        <td><input type="text" id="title"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Fishing:</td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" value="1" id="fish"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Wakeboarding:</td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" value="1" id="wake"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Skiing:</td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" value="1" id="ski"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Tubing:</td>
        <td><input type="checkbox" value="1" id="tube"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Comments:</td>
        <td><input type="text" id="comments"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td></td>
        <td><input type="button" value="Save &amp; Close" onclick="saveBoat()"></td>
    </tr>
</table>

This is a content VAR for a google maps infowindow, BTW…

Answer 1

It depends on what Javascript you are using to check for it being “checked”. Using .value on a checkbox element is not the same as using the .checked property. If you see, you are setting the value attribute for the checkbox elements in the HTML as 1. As I said before, this is unrelated to its checked state and is accessed differently.