How to check "checkbox" dynamically - jQuery Mobile

With HTML a checkbox is created like this:

<form>
   <input type="checkbox" id="category1">Category1<br>
</form>

With javascript we can check the checkbox like this:

$("#category1")[0].checked = true

Now I am trying to create the same page with jquery-mobile. The checkbox looks like this:

<form>
    <label>
        <input name="checkbox-0 " type="checkbox">Check me
    </label>
</form>

Why is there is no id here? Is the name the id? Should I delete the attribute name and create one with the name id?

How can I check this checkbox here with Javascript/jQuery?

I tried the code above, but it doesn't seem to work for this checkbox.

Solution 1:

You need to refresh it after changing its' .prop, using .checkboxradio('refresh'). This is the correct way to check checkbox/radio in jQuery Mobile.

Demo

$('.selector').prop('checked', true).checkboxradio('refresh');

Reference: jQuery Mobile API

Solution 2:

You can do:

$('input[name="checkbox-0"]').prop("checked", true).checkboxradio('refresh'); //sets the checkbox
var isChecked =  $('input[name="checkbox-0"]').prop("checked"); //gets the status

Solution 3:

Straight from the jQ Mobile docs:

$("input[type='checkbox']").attr("checked",true);