What does the javascript (insert name of object here) 'defaultChecked' do?

Question

What does the javascript (insert name of object here) 'defaultChecked' do?

Answer 1

The defaultChecked property returns the default value of the checked attribute.

This property returns true if the checkbox is checked by default, otherwise it returns false.

Quoted from W3Schools.

Answer 2

What don't you understand? http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_checkbox_defaultchecked.asp

Answer 3

Maybe example will help? http://jsfiddle.net/yahavbr/cCpUu/

As you see if the checkbox has the "checked" attribute it will return true otherwise false - note however it's not affected by the "current" checked state of the checkbox.