Checkboxes in web pages – how to make them bigger?

Question

The standard checkboxes rendered in most browsers are quite small and don’t increase in size even when a larger font is used. What is the best, browser-independent way to displ

Answer 1

Here's a trick that works in most recent browsers (IE9+) as a CSS only solution that can be improved with javascript to support IE8 and below.

Style the label with what you want the checkbox to look like

#checkboxID
{
  position: absolute fixed;
  margin-right: 2000px;
  right: 100%;
}
#checkboxID + label
{
  /* unchecked state */
}
#checkboxID:checked + label
{
  /* checked state */
}

For javascript, you'll be able to add classes to the label to show the state. Also, it would be wise to use the following function:

$('label[for]').live('click', function(e){
  $('#' + $(this).attr('for') ).click();
  return false;
});

EDIT to modify #checkboxID styles