JQuery (UI): check check detection

Question

How can I get jQuery to fire an event when a user checks a checkbox?

<input type="checkbox" id="test" name="test" /><label for="test">Check me</label>

I could do this with .click, although this will not work when the user adds a checkbox. I could not find information about this in api docs or while searching the web.

Greetings.

Answer 1

 $('#test').bind('change', function(){ if($(this).is(':checked')){ // box was checked } }); 

Answer 2

You are looking for a change event :

 $('#test').change(function() { ... });