## Class: QCheckBox

> Create and control checkbox.

**This class is a JS wrapper around Qt's [QCheckBox class](https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qcheckbox.html)**

A `QCheckBox` provides ability to add and manipulate native checkbox widgets.

**QCheckBox inherits from [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)**

### Example

```javascript
const { QCheckBox } = require("@nodegui/nodegui");

const checkbox = new QCheckBox();
checkbox.setText("Hello");
```

### `new QCheckBox(parent?)`

- `parent` NodeWidget (_optional_). Any widget inheriting from NodeWidget can be passed as a parent. This will make this widget, the child of the parent widget.

### Static Methods

QCheckBox can access all the static methods defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)

### Instance Properties

QCheckBox can access all the instance properties defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)

### Instance Methods

QCheckBox can access all the instance methods defined in [NodeWidget](api/NodeWidget.md)

Additionally it also has the following instance methods:

#### `checkbox.setText(text)`

Sets the given text to the checkbox.

- `text` string