HTML <Checkbox> Tag

The HTML <checkbox> tag is used to define the square boxes. It is a form element which allows users to select one or more options from the given options.

It is created by the type attribute of the <input> element as shown in the following syntax:

If we want to select any checkbox by default, then we have to set the checked attribute with the "yes" value as described in the following syntax:

Example

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form>
Programming Languages: <br>  
              <input type="checkbox" id="C" name="C" value="C"/>  
                 <label>C</label> <br>  
              <input type="checkbox" id="Java" name="Java" value="Java" checked=?yes?/>  
                 <label>Java</label> <br>  
              <input type="checkbox" id="Python" name="Python" value="Python"/>  
                 <label>Python</label> <br>
	     <input type="checkbox" id="PHP" name="PHP" value="PHP"/>  
                 <label>PHP</label>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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