Create CSS to enlarge checkboxes

Question

I am trying to double the size of my checkboxes on a few pages. How do I make that happen in CSS? I don\'t want to style the hover.

Ideas?

Answer 1

You could always use the checkbox hack to make your own checkbox. This allows for a much more cross browser compatible solution.

I made a quick demo here, obviously you would have to get a transparent .png of a tick, not the one I got.

input[type=checkbox]:checked ~ div label{
    background: url(http://ramyasspace.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/tick.jpg);
    background-size: 100%;
}

---

input {
  display: none;
}

label input[type=checkbox] ~ span {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #888;
  padding: 1px;
  height: 20px;
  width: 20px;
}

label input[type=checkbox]:checked ~ span {
  /* image: Picol.org, cc-by 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Accept_Picol_icon.svg */
  background: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,');
  background-size: 100%;
}

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