$('input[type="checkbox"]').change(function(e) { var checked = $(this).prop("checked"), container = $(this).parent(), siblings = container.siblings(); container.find('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({ indeterminate: false, checked: checked }); function checkSiblings(el) { var parent = el.parent().parent(), all = true; el.siblings().each(function() { return all = ($(this).children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("checked") === checked); }); if (all && checked) { parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({ indeterminate: false, checked: checked }); checkSiblings(parent); } else if (all && !checked) { parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("checked", checked); parent.children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop("indeterminate", (parent.find('input[type="checkbox"]:checked').length > 0)); checkSiblings(parent); } else { el.parents("li").children('input[type="checkbox"]').prop({ indeterminate: true, checked: false }); } } checkSiblings(container); });