Is there a way to make checkboxes act like radio buttons? I assume this could be done with jQuery?
Perhaps you want to consider a different approach. I believe you want to style the radio button to look like a checkbox. If so, see: this google search
And below is a simplified example that I borrow from www.thecssninja.com.
To put it simply: you hide the actual radio button (see the css input[type=radio]) and you style the label for the corresponding radio button to show the custom checkbox (from the css sprite in the background image in input[type=radio] + label) and switch to a different sprite in the background when the radio button is in checked state. Running example here: http://jsfiddle.net/jchandra/R5LEe/
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title> Custom CSS3 control facade</title>
<style type='text/css'>
label {
padding: 0 0 0 24px;
}
input[type=radio] {
padding:0;
margin:0;
width:16px;
height:16px;
position:absolute;
left:0;
opacity:0
}
input[type=radio] + label {
background:url(http://www.thecssninja.com/demo/css_custom-forms/gr_custom-inputs.png) 0 -1px no-repeat;
width:50px;
height:16px;
}
input[type=radio]:checked + label {
background-position:0 -81px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Custom control images and concept from www.thecssninja.com<br/>
<br/>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="1" name="fooby[1][]" id="r1" /><label for="r1"></label>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="2" name="fooby[1][]" id="r2" /><label for="r2"></label>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="3" name="fooby[1][]" id="r3" /><label for="r3"></label>
<br/>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="1" name="fooby[2][]" id="r4" /><label for="r4"></label>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="2" name="fooby[2][]" id="r5" /><label for="r5"></label>
<input type="radio" class="radio" value="3" name="fooby[2][]" id="r6" /><label for="r6"></label>
</body>
</html>
I would comment but don't have the rep. Use .change, not .click for accessibility and so it works with the keyboard, like so:
jQuery(".radio-check-box").change( function() {
var checked = jQuery(this).prop("checked");
jQuery(".radio-check-box").attr("checked", false);
jQuery(this).prop("checked", checked);
} );
Use change event of checkbox and assign checked value for current selected checkbox:
$("input[type=checkbox]").change(function()
{
$("input[type=checkbox]").prop('checked',false);
$(this).prop('checked',true);
});
.checkBoxb{
float:left;
clear:both;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<label class="checkBoxb"><input type="checkbox" /> CheckBox1</label>
<label class="checkBoxb"><input type="checkbox" /> CheckBox2</label>
<label class="checkBoxb"><input type="checkbox" /> CheckBox3</label>
<label class="checkBoxb"><input type="checkbox" /> CheckBox4</label>
If you select "$("input:checkbox")" will select all the checkbox so you can specify the different radio button by using their name.
$("[name='sname1']").click(function(){
var group = "input:checkbox[name='"+$(this).attr("name")+"']";
$(group).prop("checked",false);
Below Example will explain
$("[name='sname1']").click(function(){
var group = "input:checkbox[name='"+$(this).attr("name")+"']";
$(group).prop("checked",false);
$(this).prop("checked",true);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div style="border:1px solid">
<label><input type="checkbox" id="Titleblink_check" name="sname1">Blink</label>
(OR)
<label><input type="checkbox" id="Titleshine_check" name="sname1">Shine Text</label>
<br>
</div>
<label><input type="checkbox" id="id1" >Diff Check box1</label>
<br>
<label><input type="checkbox" id="id2">Diff Check box2</label>
<br>
<label><input type="checkbox" id="id3">Diff Check box3</label>
<br>
$(this).prop("checked",true); });
basically the same answer as @amosrivera but remove the unchecking of all the checkbox as its necessary. instead use .not()
$("input:checkbox").click(function(){
var group = "input:checkbox[name='"+$(this).prop("name")+"']";
$(group).not(this).prop("checked",false);
});
Updated the script (via answer from Tomislav) so you also can uncheck ALL checkboxes. Just added a .not(this) and removed the line where the the current checkbox is checked.
$('form').each(function() { // iterate forms
var $this = $(this);
$this.find('input:checkbox').click(function() {
var group = 'input:checkbox[name="' + $(this).attr('name') + '"]';
$this.find(group).not(this).attr('checked', false).prop('checked', false); // also use prop, for real Property change
});
});
http://jsfiddle.net/kya0639w/