# :checkbox Selector

Categories: Selectors > Form | Selectors > jQuery Extensions

## checkbox selector

#### version added: 1.0jQuery(':checkbox')

Description: Selects all elements of type checkbox.

`$(':checkbox')` is equivalent to `$('[type=checkbox]')`. As with other pseudo-class selectors (those that begin with a ":") it is recommended to precede it with a tag name or some other selector; otherwise, the universal selector ("*") is implied. In other words, the bare `$(':checkbox')` is equivalent to `$('*:checkbox')`, so `$('input:checkbox')` should be used instead.

### Additional Notes:

- Because `:checkbox` is a jQuery extension and not part of the CSS specification, queries using `:checkbox` cannot take advantage of the performance boost provided by the native DOM `querySelectorAll()` method. For better performance in modern browsers, use `[type="checkbox"]` instead.

### Example:

#### Finds all checkbox inputs.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <style>
      textarea { height:25px; }
      </style>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <form>
        <input type="button" value="Input Button"/>
        <input type="checkbox" />

        <input type="checkbox" />
        <input type="file" />
        <input type="hidden" />

        <input type="image" />
        <input type="password" />
        <input type="radio" />

        <input type="reset" />
        <input type="submit" />
        <input type="text" />

        <select><option>Option<option/></select>
        <textarea></textarea>
        <button>Button</button>
      </form>

      <div>
      </div>
    <script>

        var input = $("form input:checkbox").wrap('<span></span>').parent().css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"});
        $("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + ".")
                .css("color", "red");
        $("form").submit(function () { return false; }); // so it won't submit

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

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