Struts2 - Checkbox Tag (Data Tags)

In this section, we are going to describe the checkbox tag. The checkbox tag is a UI tag that is used to render an HTML input element of type checkbox, populated by the specified property from the ValueStack.

Add the following code snippet into the struts.xml file.

struts.xml
<action name="checkboxTag">
   <result>/pages/uiTags/checkboxTag.jsp</result>
</action>

Create a jsp using the tag It renders an HTML input element of type chechbox.

checkboxTag.jsp

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>

<html>
  <head> 
  <title>Checkbox  (Form Tag) Tag Example!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <h1><span style="background-color: #FFFFcc">
Checkbox Tag Example!</span></h1>
  <b>Sex</b><br>
  <s:checkbox label="Male" name="male" value="true" /><br>
  <s:checkbox label="Female" name="male" />
  </body>
</html>

Output of the checkboxTag.jsp :