[jquery] jQuery set radio button

I am trying to set a radio button. I want set it by using the value or the id.

This is what I've tried.

$('input:radio[name=cols]'+" #"+newcol).attr('checked',true);

newcol is the id of the radio button.

Maybe a little edit is in order.

There are two sets of radio boxes one with cols and the other with rows. So I see the point in not using id's. My bad. So I have as an example:

<input type="radio" name="rows" class="listOfCols" 
   style="width: 50%; " value="Site"></input>

and

<input type="radio" name="cols" class="listOfCols" 
   style="width: 50%; "  value="Site"></input>

with the id's removed, and I need to set the correct one.

Combining previous answers:

$('input[name="cols"]').filter("[value='Site']").click();

Why do you need 'input:radio[name=cols]'. Don't know your html, but assuming that ids are unique, you can simply do this.

$('#'+newcol).prop('checked', true);

You can try the following code:

$("input[name=cols][value=" + value + "]").attr('checked', 'checked');

This will set the attribute checked for the radio columns and value as specified.

In my case, radio button value is fetched from database and then set into the form. Following code works for me.

$("input[name=name_of_radio_button_fields][value=" + saved_value_comes_from_database + "]").prop('checked', true);

In your selector you seem to be attempting to fetch some nested element of your radio button with a given id. If you want to check a radio button, you should select this radio button in the selector and not something else:

$('input:radio[name="cols"]').attr('checked', 'checked');

This assumes that you have the following radio button in your markup:

<input type="radio" name="cols" value="1" />

If your radio button had an id:

<input type="radio" name="cols" value="1" id="myradio" />

you could directly use an id selector:

$('#myradio').attr('checked', 'checked');

The chosen answer works in this case.

But the question was about finding the element based on radiogroup and dynamic id, and the answer can also leave the displayed radio button unaffected.

This line does selects exactly what was asked for while showing the change on screen as well.

$('input:radio[name=cols][id='+ newcol +']').click();

You can simply use:

$("input[name='cols']").click();

I found the answer here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160421163524/http://vijayt.com/Post/Set-RadioButton-value-using-jQuery

Basically, if you want to check one radio button, you MUST pass the value as an array:

$('input:radio[name=cols]').val(['Site']);
$('input:radio[name=rows]').val(['Site']);

Try this:

$("#" + newcol).attr("checked", "checked");

I've had issues with attr("checked", true), so I tend to use the above instead.

Also, if you have the ID then you don't need that other stuff for selection. An ID is unique.

Since newcol is the ID of the radio button, You can simply use it as below.

$("#"+newcol).attr('checked',true);

Using .filter() also works, and is flexible for id, value, name:

$('input[name="cols"]').filter("[value='Site']").attr('checked', true);

(seen on this blog)