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15 May 2013CPOL 30.1K   5  
Check/Uncheck all checkboxes in a CheckBoxList (one control).

Introduction

I needed a script to check/uncheck all items in a CheckBoxList in a GridView, but all the search led to the use of two controls, one for Select All and the other for the List itself.

Using the Code

I'll assume that the CheckBoxList already has its items. We will add an attribute to each checkbox in the CheckBoxList.

C#

C#
foreach (ListItem item in chkList.Items)
{
    item.Attributes.Add("onclick", "CheckStatus(this)");
    item.Selected = true;
} 

JavaScript

JavaScript
function CheckStatus(chk) {
            $(document).ready(
            function () {
                var chkList = $($(chk).parents('table')).first();
                var firstCHK = $(chkList).find(':checkbox').first();
                var txtControl = $($(chkList).parents('div').first().
                	parents('td').first().find(':text')).first();
                var txt = '';
                if ($(firstCHK).attr('value') == 0) {
                    if ($(firstCHK).attr('value') == $(chk).attr('value')) {
                        $(chkList).find(':checkbox').each(function () {
                            this.checked = $(firstCHK).is(':checked');
                        });
                        if ($(firstCHK).is(':checked')) {
                            txt = 'All';
                        }
                        else {
                            txt = 'None';
                        }
                    }
                    else {
                        var countAll = $($(chkList).find(':checkbox')).length;
                        var countFalse = 0;
                        var countTrue = 0;
                        if ($(chk).is(':checked') == false) {
                            $(firstCHK).attr('checked', false);
                        }
                        else {
                            var flag = true;
                            $(chkList).find(':checkbox').each(function () {
                                if (this.checked == false && this.value != 0)
                                    flag = false;
                            });
                            $(firstCHK).prop('checked', flag);
                        }
                        $(chkList).find(':checkbox').each(function () {
                            if (this.checked == false && this.value != 0)
                                countFalse += 1;
                            else if (this.checked && this.value != 0)
                                countTrue += 1;
                        });
                        if (countFalse == countAll - 1)
                            txt = 'None';
                        else if (countTrue == countAll - 1)
                            txt = 'All';
                        else {
                            $(chkList).find(':checkbox').each(function () {
                                if (this.checked && this.value != 0)
                                    txt = txt.length == 0 ? $('label[for=' + 
                                    this.id + ']').html() : txt + ',' + 
                                    $('label[for=' + this.id + ']').html();
                            });
                        }
                    }
                }
                $(txtControl).val(txt);
                $(txtControl).prop('title', txt);
            });
        } 

Update

I have updated the JavaScript to write the selected Checkbox names in the TextBox.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)


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A Senior Software Developer working in KSA-Riyadh, love to code and to explore other code

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