Use images instead of radio buttons

Question

If I have a radio group with buttons:

... how can I show only images in the select option i

Answer 1

Images can be placed in place of radio buttons by using label and span elements.

   <div class="customize-radio">
        <label>Favourite Smiley</label><br>
        <label for="hahaha">
        <input type="radio" name="smiley" id="hahaha">
        <span class="haha-img"></span>
        HAHAHA
        </label>
        <label for="kiss">
        <input type="radio" name="smiley" id="kiss">
        <span class="kiss-img"></span>
        Kiss
        </label>
        <label for="tongueOut">
        <input type="radio" name="smiley" id="tongueOut">
        <span class="tongueout-img"></span>
        TongueOut
        </label>
    </div>

Radio button should be hidden,

.customize-radio label > input[type = 'radio'] {
    visibility: hidden;
    position: absolute;
}

Image can be given in the span tag,

.customize-radio label > input[type = 'radio'] ~ span{
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 27px;
    height: 24px;
    display: inline-block;
    background-size: 27px 24px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.haha-img {
    background-image: url('hahabefore.png');
}

.kiss-img{
    background-image: url('kissbefore.png');
}
.tongueout-img{
    background-image: url('tongueoutbefore.png');
}

To change the image on click of radio button, add checked state to the input tag,

.customize-radio label > input[type = 'radio']:checked ~ span.haha-img{
     background-image: url('haha.png');
}
.customize-radio label > input[type = 'radio']:checked ~ span.kiss-img{
    background-image: url('kiss.png');
}
.customize-radio label > input[type = 'radio']:checked ~ span.tongueout-img{
        background-image: url('tongueout.png');
}

If you have any queries, Refer to the following link, As I have taken solution from the below blog, http://frontendsupport.blogspot.com/2018/06/cool-radio-buttons-with-images.html

Answer 2

Example:

Heads up! This solution is CSS-only.

I recommend you take advantage of CSS3 to do that, by hidding the by-default input radio button with CSS3 rules:

.options input{
    margin:0;padding:0;
    -webkit-appearance:none;
       -moz-appearance:none;
            appearance:none;
}

I just make an example a few days ago.

• JSFiddle
• How to use images for radio-buttons - Gist

Answer 3

Just using a class to only hide some...based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/17541916/1815624

/* HIDE RADIO */
.hiddenradio [type=radio] { 
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}

/* IMAGE STYLES */
.hiddenradio [type=radio] + img {
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* CHECKED STYLES */
.hiddenradio [type=radio]:checked + img {
  outline: 2px solid #f00;
}

<div class="hiddenradio">
<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="small" checked>
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/0bf/fff&text=A">
</label>

<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="big">
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/b0f/fff&text=B">
</label>
</div>

<div class="">
<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="small" checked>
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/0bf/fff&text=A">
</label>

<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="big">
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/b0f/fff&text=B">
</label>
</div>

Answer 4

You can use CSS for that.

HTML (only for demo, it is customizable)

<div class="button">
    <input type="radio" name="a" value="a" id="a" />
    <label for="a">a</label>
</div>
<div class="button">
    <input type="radio" name="a" value="b" id="b" />
    <label for="b">b</label>
</div>
<div class="button">
    <input type="radio" name="a" value="c" id="c" />
    <label for="c">c</label>
</div>
...

CSS

input[type="radio"] {
    display: none;
}
input[type="radio"]:checked + label {
    border: 1px solid red;
}

jsFiddle

Answer 5

• Wrap radio and image in <label>
• Hide radio button (Don't use display:none or visibility:hidden since such will impact accessibility)
• Target the image next to the hidden radio using Adjacent sibling selector +

/* HIDE RADIO */
[type=radio] { 
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}

/* IMAGE STYLES */
[type=radio] + img {
  cursor: pointer;
}

/* CHECKED STYLES */
[type=radio]:checked + img {
  outline: 2px solid #f00;
}

<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="small" checked>
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/0bf/fff&text=A">
</label>

<label>
  <input type="radio" name="test" value="big">
  <img src="http://placehold.it/40x60/b0f/fff&text=B">
</label>

_{Don't forget to add a class to your labels and in CSS use that class instead.}

---

Custom styles and animations

Here's an advanced version using the <i> element and the :after pseudo:

body{color:#444;font:100%/1.4 sans-serif;}


/* CUSTOM RADIO & CHECKBOXES
   http://stackoverflow.com/a/17541916/383904 */
.rad,
.ckb{
  cursor: pointer;
  user-select: none;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
}
.rad > input,
.ckb > input{ /* HIDE ORG RADIO & CHECKBOX */
  position: absolute;
  opacity: 0;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}
/* RADIO & CHECKBOX STYLES */
/* DEFAULT <i> STYLE */
.rad > i,
.ckb > i{ 
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  width:  16px;
  height: 16px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  transition: 0.2s;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 8px #fff;
  border: 1px solid gray;
  background: gray;
}
/* CHECKBOX OVERWRITE STYLES */
.ckb > i {
  width: 25px;
  border-radius: 3px;
}
.rad:hover > i{ /* HOVER <i> STYLE */
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #fff;
  background: gray;
}
.rad > input:checked + i{ /* (RADIO CHECKED) <i> STYLE */
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #fff;
  background: orange;
}
/* CHECKBOX */
.ckb > input + i:after{
  content: "";
  display: block;
  height: 12px;
  width:  12px;
  margin: 2px;
  border-radius: inherit;
  transition: inherit;
  background: gray;
}
.ckb > input:checked + i:after{ /* (RADIO CHECKED) <i> STYLE */
  margin-left: 11px;
  background:  orange;
}

<label class="rad">
  <input type="radio" name="rad1" value="a">
  <i></i> Radio 1
</label>
<label class="rad">
  <input type="radio" name="rad1" value="b" checked>
  <i></i> Radio 2
</label>

<br>

<label class="ckb">
  <input type="checkbox" name="ckb1" value="a" checked>
  <i></i> Checkbox 1
</label>
<label class="ckb">
  <input type="checkbox" name="ckb2" value="b">
  <i></i> Checkbox 2
</label>

Answer 6

Keep radio buttons hidden, and on clicking of images, select them using JavaScript and style your image so that it look like selected. Here is the markup -

<div id="radio-button-wrapper">
    <span class="image-radio">
        <input name="any-name" style="display:none" type="radio"/>
        <img src="...">
    </span>
    <span class="image-radio">
        <input name="any-name" style="display:none" type="radio"/>
        <img src="...">
    </span>
</div>

and JS

 $(".image-radio img").click(function(){
     $(this).prev().attr('checked',true);
 })

CSS

span.image-radio input[type="radio"]:checked + img{
    border:1px solid red;
}