Setting “checked” for a checkbox with jQuery?

Question

I'd like to do something like this to tick a checkbox using jQuery:

$(".myCheckBox").checked(true);

or

$(".myCheckBox").selected(true);

Does such a thing exist?

Answer 1

For setting “checked” for a checkbox with jQuery if you're working with just one element, you can always just modify the HTMLInputElement's .checked property below is the code for the same:-

$('.myCheckbox')[0].checked = true; 

$('.myCheckbox')[0].checked = false;