# Checkbox to toggle div

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox-to-toggle-div/81675>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 11, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox-to-toggle-div/81675 "2007-01-11T05:52:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox-to-toggle-div/81675/1 "2007-01-11T05:52:36Z")

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I’m trying to show a div if a checkbox is selected. I got as far as:

\<%= check\_box(‘foo’,‘temporary\_bar’,{:onclick =\>  
“Element.toggle(‘temp\_bar’); return false;”}, 1, nil)%\>

 \<%= text\_field 'foo', 'temporary\_bar\_details' %\>

The div toggles fine when clicking on the checkbox but it doesn’t stay  
checked. Any help is appreciated.

H

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 6:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox-to-toggle-div/81675/2 "2007-01-11T06:25:38Z")

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Hi Hugh

If you remove the ‘return false;’ from your onclick handler, it should  
work as you want it to.

Cheers

–  
Pat

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/checkbox-to-toggle-div/81675/3 "2008-03-12T09:53:33Z")

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thanks heaps Pat this was exactly the answer I was looking for too!