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HTML
<table border="1" style="width:100%">
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" id='bike'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" id="car">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bill</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" id="airplean">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button type="button" id="add">Select Some</button>
CSS
table, td {
text-align : center
}
input[type='checkbox'] {
float:left;
margin-left:50%
}
td>span
{
float:left;
}
JavaScript
$('#add').click(function () {
$('#bike').attr('checked', 'checked').after("<span>Good Selection</span>");
$('#airplean').attr('checked', 'checked').after("<span>Woow</span>");
});