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IndeterminateCheckboxes
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Indeterminate Checkboxes</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="page-wrap">
<h1>Indeterminate Checkboxes</h1>
<ul>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall" id="tall">
<label for="tall">Tall Things</label>
<ul>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall-1" id="tall-1">
<label for="tall-1">Buildings</label>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall-2" id="tall-2">
<label for="tall-2">Giants</label>
<ul>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall-2-1" id="tall-2-1">
<label for="tall-2-1">Andre</label>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall-2-2" id="tall-2-2">
<label for="tall-2-2">Paul Bunyan</label>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="tall-3" id="tall-3">
<label for="tall-3">Two sandwiches</label>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="short" id="short">
<label for="short">Short Things</label>
<ul>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="short-1" id="short-1">
<label for="short-1">Smurfs</label>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="short-2" id="short-2">
<label for="short-2">Mushrooms</label>
</li>
<li>
<input type="checkbox" name="short-3" id="short-3">
<label for="short-3">One Sandwich</label>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
$(function() {
// Apparently click is better chan change? Cuz IE?
$('input[type="checkbox"]').change(function(e) {
var checked = $(this).prop("checked"),
container = $(this).parent(),
siblings = container.siblings();
container.find('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({
indeterminate: false,
checked: checked
});
function checkSiblings(el) {
var parent = el.parent().parent(),
all = true;
el.siblings().each(function() {
return all = ($(this).children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("checked") === checked);
});
if (all && checked) {
parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({
indeterminate: false,
checked: checked
});
checkSiblings(parent);
} else if (all && !checked) {
parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("checked", checked);
parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("indeterminate", (parent.find('input[type="checkbox"]:checked').length > 0));
checkSiblings(parent);
} else {
el.parents("li").children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({
indeterminate: true,
checked: false
});
}
}
checkSiblings(container);
});
});
* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
body { font: 14px Georgia, serif; }
#page-wrap { width: 960px; margin: 80px auto; }
ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 5px 20px;
}
li {
margin: 0 0 5px 0;
}
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