CheckBox QML Type

CheckBox presents an option button that can be toggled on (checked) or off (unchecked). Check boxes are typically used to select one or more options from a set of options. For larger sets of options, such as those in a list, consider using CheckDelegate instead.

CheckBox inherits its API from AbstractButton. For instance, the state of the checkbox can be set with the checked property.

In addition to the checked and unchecked states, there is a third state: partially checked. The partially checked state can be enabled using the tristate property. This state indicates that the regular checked/unchecked state can not be determined; generally because of other states that affect the checkbox. This state is useful when several child nodes are selected in a treeview, for example.

ColumnLayout {
    CheckBox {
        checked: true
        text: qsTr("First")
    }
    CheckBox {
        text: qsTr("Second")
    }
    CheckBox {
        checked: true
        text: qsTr("Third")
    }
}

Hierarchical checkbox groups can be managed with a non-exclusive ButtonGroup.

The following example illustrates how the combined check state of children can be bound to the check state of the parent checkbox:

Column {
    ButtonGroup {
        id: childGroup
        exclusive: false
        checkState: parentBox.checkState
    }

    CheckBox {
        id: parentBox
        text: qsTr("Parent")
        checkState: childGroup.checkState
    }

    CheckBox {
        checked: true
        text: qsTr("Child 1")
        leftPadding: indicator.width
        ButtonGroup.group: childGroup
    }

    CheckBox {
        text: qsTr("Child 2")
        leftPadding: indicator.width
        ButtonGroup.group: childGroup
    }
}

See Also▲

checkState : enumeration▲

[since QtQuick.Controls 2.4 (Qt 5.11)] nextCheckState : function▲

CheckBox {
    tristate: true
    checkState: allChildrenChecked ? Qt.Checked :
                   anyChildChecked ? Qt.PartiallyChecked : Qt.Unchecked

    nextCheckState: function() {
        if (checkState === Qt.Checked)
            return Qt.Unchecked
        else
            return Qt.Checked
    }
}

tristate : bool▲

This property holds whether the checkbox is a tri-state checkbox.

In the animation below, the first checkbox is tri-state:

The default is false, i.e., the checkbox has only two states.