Checkboxlist checkbox items acess from javascript

If you want to iterate through Checkboxlist  check box items it not as straightforward as you might have thought.

The trick is to access the check box items rendered as labels as shown below

 var chkBoxList = document.getElementById('<%=chkList.ClientID%>');

                var checkboxes = chkBoxList .getElementsByTagName('input');

                for (var i = 0; i < checkboxes .length; i++) {
                    var checkItem = checkboxes [i];

                    var label = checkItem .parentNode.getElementsByTagName('label');
                     //checked item
                      if (checkItem .checked) {
                           ...
                        }
                       //access checkItem text
                        label[0].innerHTML='';
                    }

                }

cheers
Samitha