# Using check\_box with onclick javascript

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-check-box-with-onclick-javascript/23480>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [January 18, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-check-box-with-onclick-javascript/23480 "2008-01-18T21:24:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kimda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kimda](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/kimda)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-check-box-with-onclick-javascript/23480/1 "2008-01-18T21:24:15Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to use onclick javascript event, but this doesn't work:

\<%= check\_box("attending\_ip", 'pm\_xray',{}, 'y', :onclick=\>"insertToDo();" ) %\>

how do I make this correct?

thanks,

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**Author:** ![kimda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@kimda](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/kimda)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-check-box-with-onclick-javascript/23480/2 "2008-01-18T23:09:07Z")

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I found the solution:

\<%= check\_box("attending\_ip", 'pm\_xray', {:onclick=\>"insertToDo('pm\_xray');"}, 'y' ) %\>

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**Author:** ![11175](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8edcca/32.png) [@11175](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11175)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/using-check-box-with-onclick-javascript/23480/3 "2008-02-03T15:04:05Z")

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Daniel Kim wrote:

> I found the solution:
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> \<%= check\_box("attending\_ip", 'pm\_xray', {:onclick=\>"insertToDo('pm\_xray');"}, 'y' ) %\>

can you explain what part relates to what please.

thanks