From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T23:52:55+09:00
Subject: Re: syntax for checking a textbox is in inactive state

Wow, a question with so much missing information. I am guessing:

(1) "Webpage" means "a HTML page containing a FORM element"?

(2) "chk" means "when the FORM arrives at my webserver, I want to take 
action dependent on whether the checkbox is checked or not"?

(3) The server is running some web framework, I guess Rails?

In that case maybe what you want is:

  def myaction
    if params[:checkboxname]
      render :text => "It was checked!"
    else
      render :text => "It was not checked!"
    end
  end

My guesses could be entirely off-base. For example, you might want to be 
testing the checkbox state browser-side in Javascript. The moral is: if 
you want a good answer, please make the effort to post a good question. 
See
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#intro

If you show your existing code (both the HTML template and the 
controller action which handles it) you may get a more accurate answer. 
But if it's a Rails question, it would be better that you don't post it 
here, use a Rails mailing list instead.

Regards,

Brian.
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