This example demonstrates how to unselect/uncheck a checkbox.

In the solution shown below, you will unselect/uncheck the checkbox option "Is coverage available from your or your spouse’s job?" in the HICC application using the "uncheck" command.

Solution:

Tips, Tricks, Gotchas & Best Practices:  

• To validate if a checkbox is unchecked or not, click here.
• In some cases, you will see that some checkboxes are non-editable then you will need to check the editability of the checkbox. You can use the assertEditable command or verifyEditable command before performing any action (click/check) on the checkbox to confirm it is enabled for edit.
• If the options of checkbox does not have an unique "id" in any application, you can provide a temporary "id" of your choice using the command assignId. Then you can use that "id" for identifying the element.
• If the check command fails, you can perform the action with the below-mentioned alternatives.

You can use either the click or mouseDown command to select the checkbox.

If the above-mentioned commands fail to perform the action then you can use the runScript command to select the checkbox.