Jquery - how to get jquery object of checkbox that are checked

Question

I'd like to ask how to get Jquery object of checkboxes that are checked.

I have several checkboxex that have "checkboxes" class. some are checked, and some others are not checked.

<input type="checkbox" class="checkboxes" checked="checked" />

I put $('.checkboxes') into checkboxes variable.

var checkboxes = $('.checkboxes');

But I don't know what to write after this.

Could anyone help me?

Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

jQuery has a selector for checked or selected items: :checked. So to get all checked checkboxes into an object use this:

var checkedBoxes = $( '.checkboxes:checked' );

Answer 2

You could do something like this:

$(function() {
    $('.checkboxes').click(function() {
        alert($(this).val() + ' ' + (this.checked ? 'checked' : 'unchecked'));
    });
});