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HTML
<input type="checkbox" id="chk" value="value" />
<label for="chk">Value </label>
<br/>
<input type="button" id="But1" value="set value" />
<br />
<input type="button" id="But2" value="read checked" />
CSS
.selected { background:red; }
JavaScript
$('input:checkbox').change(function () {
var name = $(this).val();
var check = $(this).attr('checked');
console.log("Change: " + name + " to " + check);
});