How to get the value of checkbox

How to get the value of a check box?

var tb = new Ext.Toolbar();

tb.add({
                xtype: 'checkbox',
                boxLabel: 'Expand Groups by Default',
                id: 'GetChkBoxValue',
                checked: true,
                handler: function() {
                    alert(this.getValue())
                }
       });

Is it possible to get the value of the checkbox outside tb.I have done something like this but it is not firing

Ext.ge开发者_Go百科tCmp('GetChkBoxValue').getValue(); 

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Try out the following code, it should work:

new Ext.Window({
    renderTo: Ext.getBody(),
    width: 500,
    height: 200,
    title: 'test window',
    items: [{
       xtype: 'checkbox',
       boxLabel: 'Expand Groups by Default',
       id: 'chkid',
       checked: true
    }]
}).show()
Ext.getCmp('chkid').getValue()

Then play with the checkbox and with getValue() you get its state (checked or not). Happy ExtJS coding!

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Here is what worked for me:

var expandAllGroupsCheckbox = Ext.create(

            {
                xtype: 'checkbox',
                boxLabel: 'Expand Groups by Default',
                id: 'chkid',
                checked: true,
                afterRender: function() {
                    Ext.form.Checkbox.superclass.afterRender.call(this);
                    alert(this.getValue());// giving true 
                    this.checkChanged();
                },
                checkChanged: function()
                {
                    var checked = expandAllGroupsCheckbox.getValue();
                    gv.startCollapsed = !checked;
                    if ( gv.mainBody )
                    {
                        gv.toggleAllGroups( !checked );
                    }
                },
                listeners: {
                    check: {
                        fn: function(){expandAllGroupsCheckbox.checkChanged()}
                    }
                }

            });

And then:

tbar: [
               expandAllGroupsCheckbox
,
                    {
                        xtype: 'tbbutton',
                        icon: '/images/icon_list_props.gif',
                        handler: function() {
                            ShowPreferencesPage();
                        }
                    }
],

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Just this:

var cbox = Ext.getCmp('cboxId');
alert(cbox.checked);