function updateChecked(boxes) { var field = document.getElementsByName(boxes); var allChecked = document.getElementById("allChecked"); if( allChecked.checked == true ) { for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++) { field[i].checked = true; } } else if (allChecked.checked == false) { for (i = 0; i < field.length; i++) { field[i].checked = false ; } } }