How to style a checkbox using CSS

Answer 1

Here is a CSS/HTML-only version, no jQuery or JavaScript needed at all, Simple and clean HTML and really simple and short CSS.

Here is the JSFiddle

http://jsfiddle.net/v71kn3pr/

Here is the HTML:

    
    
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Here is the CSS

#myContainer {
    outline: black dashed 1px;
    width: 200px;
}
#myContainer input[type="checkbox"][name="myCheckbox"] {
    display: none;
}
#myContainer input[type="checkbox"][name="myCheckbox"]:not(:checked) + label.box {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 25px;
    height: 25px;
    border: black solid 1px;
    background: #FFF ;
    margin: 5px 5px;
}
#myContainer input[type="checkbox"][name="myCheckbox"]:checked + label.box {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 25px;
    height: 25px;
    border: black solid 1px;
    background: #F00;
    margin: 5px 5px;
}
#myContainer input[type="checkbox"][name="myCheckbox"] + label + label.text {
    font: normal 12px arial;
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 27px;
    vertical-align: top;
    margin: 5px 0px;
}

This can be adapted to be able to have individual radio or checkboxes, grooups of checkboxes and groups of radio buttons as well.

This html/css, will allow you to also capture click on the label, so the checkbox will be checked and unchecked even if you click just on the label.

This type of checkbox/radio button works perfectly with any form, no problem at all. Have been tested using PHP, ASP.NET (.aspx), JavaServer Faces, and ColdFusion too.