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Form Fields: Choice Elements

Explore how to manipulate form choice elements like checkboxes, radio buttons, and dropdown lists using JavaScript. Understand how change events work to detect user selections and update page behavior dynamically. This lesson helps you create interactive and user-friendly web forms by handling selection changes effectively.

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You often see form elements that allow users to make a choice among multiple possibilities. A change event will be kicked off once a user changes their choice.

Checkboxes

You can add checkboxes to your HTML form by using the tag <input type="checkbox">.

Here’s the code from the example form that offers a user the choice to receive a confirmation email (or not).

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