A checkbox is one of the HTML forms used on every website, but mostly they are not styled and look the same. If you want to make your site more attractive, you can style the checkboxes. If you don’t know how to do that, let's create a sample together, step by step using only CSS.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<section>
<h2>How to style checkbox</h2>
<div class="checkbox-example">
<input type="checkbox" value="1" id="checkboxOneInput"/>
<label for="checkboxOneInput"></label>
</div>
</section>
</body>
</html>
/* Start by hiding the checkboxes*/
input[type=checkbox] {
visibility: hidden;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked {
some code goes here
}
/* the slider bar */
.checkbox-example {
width: 45px;
height: 15px;
background: #555;
margin: 20px 80px;
position: relative;
border-radius: 5px;
}
/* the slider from the label */
.checkbox-example label {
display: block;
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
border-radius: 50%;
transition: all .5s ease;
cursor: pointer;
position: absolute;
top: -2px;
left: -3px;
background: #ccc;
}
/* Move the slider if the checkbox is clicked */
.checkbox-example input[type=checkbox]:checked+label {
left: 27px;
}
Now we will combine all these in one code and will have our checkbox ready.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
input[type=checkbox] {
visibility: hidden;
}
.checkbox-example {
width: 45px;
height: 15px;
background: #555;
margin: 20px 10px;
position: relative;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.checkbox-example label {
display: block;
width: 18px;
height: 18px;
border-radius: 50%;
transition: all .5s ease;
cursor: pointer;
position: absolute;
top: -2px;
left: -3px;
background: #ccc;
}
.checkbox-example input[type=checkbox]:checked + label {
left: 27px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>How to style checkbox</h2>
<section>
<div class="checkbox-example">
<input type="checkbox" value="1" id="checkboxOneInput" />
<label for="checkboxOneInput"></label>
</div>
</section>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.main {
display: block;
position: relative;
padding-left: 45px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 20px;
}
h1 {
color: orange;
}
/* Hiding the initial checkbox */
input[type=checkbox] {
visibility: hidden;
}
/* Creating a custom checkbox based on demand */
.w3docs {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 25px;
width: 25px;
background-color: black;
}
/* Specify the background color to be shown when hovering over checkbox */
.main:hover input ~ .w3docs {
background-color: gray;
}
/* Specify the background color to be shown when checkbox is active */
.main input:active ~ .w3docs {
background-color: white;
}
/* Specify the background color to be shown when checkbox is checked */
.main input:checked ~ .w3docs {
background-color: orange;
}
/* Checkmark to be shown in checkbox */
/* It is not be shown when not checked */
.w3docs:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
display: none;
}
/* Display checkmark when checked */
.main input:checked ~ .w3docs:after {
display: block;
}
/* Styling the checkmark using webkit */
/* Rotated the rectangle by 45 degree and
showing only two border to make it look
like a tickmark */
.main .w3docs:after {
left: 8px;
bottom: 5px;
width: 6px;
height: 12px;
border: solid white;
border-width: 0 4px 4px 0;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>
Learn to design and build professional website
</h1>
<label class="main">CodeX
<input type="checkbox">
<span class="w3docs"></span>
</label>
<label class="main">W3Docs
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
<span class="w3docs"></span>
</label>
<label class="main">CodeY
<input type="checkbox">
<span class="w3docs"></span>
</label>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Style a checkbox using CSS </title>
<style>
h1 {
color: #8ebf42;
}
.script {
display: block;
position: relative;
padding-left: 45px;
margin-bottom: 15px;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 20px;
}
/* Hide the default checkbox */
input[type=checkbox] {
visibility: hidden;
}
/* creating a custom checkbox based on demand */
.w3docs {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 25px;
width: 25px;
background-color: black;
}
/* specify the background color to be shown when hovering over checkbox */
.script:hover input ~ .w3docs {
background-color: orange;
}
/* specify the background color to be shown when checkbox is active */
.script input:active ~ .w3docs {
background-color: red;
}
/* specify the background color to be shown when checkbox is checked */
.script input:checked ~ .w3docs {
background-color: black;
}
/* checkmark to be shown in checkbox */
/* It is not be shown when not checked */
.w3docs:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
display: none;
}
/* display checkmark when checked */
.script input:checked ~ .w3docs:after {
display: block;
}
/* styling the checkmark using webkit */
/* creating a square to be the sign of checkmark */
.script .w3docs:after {
left: 6px;
bottom: 5px;
width: 6px;
height: 6px;
border: solid white;
border-width: 4px 4px 4px 4px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Do you like W3Docs?</h1>
<label class="script" style="color:black;">
Yes
<input type="checkbox">
<span class="w3docs"></span>
</label>
<label class="script" style="color:black;">
Yes Of course
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked">
<span class="w3docs"></span>
</label>
</body>
</html>