Angular 5, HTML, boolean on checkbox is checked

Angular 5, Typescript 2.7.1

I can't seem to get the checkbox to be checked when returning a boolean, I've tried, item.check returns either true or false.

<tr class="even" *ngFor="let item of rows">
<input value="{{item.check}}" type="checkbox" checked="item.check">

The checkbox is always checked when checked is written inside input. And it does not get unchecked when checked="false".

Is there a better way to do it with Angular features instead? like ngModel or ngIf???

Solution

<input type="checkbox" [checked]="item.check == 'true'">

try:

[checked]="item.checked"

check out: How to Deal with Different Form Controls in Angular

You can use this:

<input type="checkbox" [checked]="record.status" (change)="changeStatus(record.id,$event)">

Here, record is the model for current row and status is boolean value.

When you have a copy of an object the [checked] attribute might not work, in that case, you can use (change) in this way:

<input type="checkbox" [checked]="item.selected" (change)="item.selected = !item.selected">

Hope this will help somebody to develop custom checkbox component with custom styles. This solution can use with forms too.

HTML

<label class="lbl">
  
  <input #inputEl type="checkbox" [name]="label" [(ngModel)]="isChecked" (change)="onChange(inputEl.checked)"
   *ngIf="isChecked" checked>
  <input #inputEl type="checkbox" [name]="label" [(ngModel)]="isChecked" (change)="onChange(inputEl.checked)"
   *ngIf="!isChecked" >
  <span class="chk-box {{isChecked ? 'chk':''}}"></span>
  <span class="lbl-txt" *ngIf="label" >{{label}}</span>
</label>

checkbox.component.ts

    import { Component, Input, EventEmitter, Output, forwardRef, HostListener } from '@angular/core';
import { ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR } from '@angular/forms';

const noop = () => {
};

export const CUSTOM_INPUT_CONTROL_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
  provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
  useExisting: forwardRef(() => CheckboxComponent),
  multi: true
};

/** Custom check box  */
@Component({
  selector: 'app-checkbox',
  templateUrl: './checkbox.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./checkbox.component.scss'],
  providers: [CUSTOM_INPUT_CONTROL_VALUE_ACCESSOR]
})
export class CheckboxComponent implements ControlValueAccessor {


  @Input() label: string;
  @Input() isChecked = false;
  @Input() disabled = false;
  @Output() getChange = new EventEmitter();
  @Input() className: string;

  // get accessor
  get value(): any {
    return this.isChecked;
  }

  // set accessor including call the onchange callback
  set value(value: any) {
    this.isChecked = value;
  }

  private onTouchedCallback: () => void = noop;
  private onChangeCallback: (_: any) => void = noop;


  writeValue(value: any): void {
    if (value !== this.isChecked) {
      this.isChecked = value;
    }
  }

  onChange(isChecked) {
    this.value = isChecked;
    this.getChange.emit(this.isChecked);
    this.onChangeCallback(this.value);
  }

  // From ControlValueAccessor interface
  registerOnChange(fn: any) {
    this.onChangeCallback = fn;
  }

  // From ControlValueAccessor interface
  registerOnTouched(fn: any) {
    this.onTouchedCallback = fn;
  }

  setDisabledState?(isDisabled: boolean): void {

  }

}

checkbox.component.scss

   @import "../../../assets/scss/_variables";
/* CHECKBOX */

.lbl {
    font-size: 12px;
    color: #282828;
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
    cursor: pointer;
    &.checked {
        font-weight: 600;
    }
    &.focus {
      .chk-box{
        border: 1px solid #a8a8a8;
        &.chk{
          border: none;
        }
      }
    }
    input {
        display: none;
    }
    
    /* checkbox icon */
    .chk-box {
        display: block;
        min-width: 15px;
        min-height: 15px;
        background: url('/assets/i/checkbox-not-selected.svg');
        background-size: 15px 15px;
        margin-right: 10px;
    }
    input:checked+.chk-box {
        background: url('/assets/i/checkbox-selected.svg');
        background-size: 15px 15px;
    }
    .lbl-txt {
        margin-top: 0px;
    } 
    
}

Usage

Outside forms

<app-checkbox [label]="'Example'" [isChecked]="true"></app-checkbox>

Inside forms

<app-checkbox [label]="'Type 0'" formControlName="Type1"></app-checkbox>
              

Here is my answer,

In row.model.ts

export interface Row {
   otherProperty : type;
   checked : bool;
   otherProperty : type;
   ...
}

In .html

<tr class="even" *ngFor="let item of rows">
   <input [checked]="item.checked" type="checkbox">
</tr>

In .ts

rows : Row[] = [];

update the rows in component.ts

Work with checkboxes using observables

You could even choose to use a behaviourSubject to utilize the power of observables so you can start a certain chain of reaction starting at the isChecked$ observable.

In your component.ts:

public isChecked$ = new BehaviorSubject(false);
toggleChecked() {
  this.isChecked$.next(!this.isChecked$.value)
}

In your template

<input type="checkbox" [checked]="isChecked$ | async" (change)="toggleChecked()">