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layout: default title: checkbox tag parent: title: Tag Reference url: tag-reference.html

checkbox

Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works.

Description

Renders an HTML input element of type checkbox, populated by the specified property from the ValueStack.

{% remote_file_content https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/struts/master/core/src/site/resources/tags/checkbox-description.html %}

Attributes

{% remote_file_content https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/struts/master/core/src/site/resources/tags/checkbox-attributes.html %}

Examples

JSP

<s:checkbox label="checkbox test" name="checkboxField1" value="aBoolean" fieldValue="true"/>

Velocity

#tag( Checkbox "label=checkbox test" "name=checkboxField1" "value=aBoolean" )

Resulting HTML (simple template, aBoolean == true):

<input type="checkbox" name="checkboxField1" value="true" checked="checked" />