Turn a checkbox into a button without any javascript.

#css

Sometimes checkboxes aren't the best UI/UX for your users, especially if you have a lot of options that you need to give to a user to choose from.

This technique allows you to turn a checkbox into a button, creating a larger click area and also giving better context to what the user is selecting.

NOTE: In the HTML it's important that the input comes before the label.

	<style>
	.checkbox-btn-layout {
	display: flex;
	flex-wrap: wrap;
	gap: 4px;
	}

	.checkbox-hide {
	display: none;
	}

	label.checkbox-btn {
	text-align: center;
	padding: 6px 8px;
	line-height: 1;
	border-radius: 6px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	font-weight: 500;
	}

	.checkbox-hide:checked + label {
	background-color: orange;
	border: 1px solid red;
	color: white;
	}
	</style>

	<html>
	<head>
	</head>
	<body>
	<div class="checkbox-btn-layout">
	<input class="checkbox-hide" type="checkbox" value="condition=excellent" name="condition[excellent]" id="condition[excellent]">
	<label class="checkbox-btn" for="condition[excellent]">Excellent</label>

	<input class="checkbox-hide" type="checkbox" value="condition=good" name="condition[good]" id="condition[good]">
	<label class="checkbox-btn" for="condition[good]">Good</label>

	<input class="checkbox-hide" type="checkbox" value="condition=poor" name="condition[poor]" id="condition[poor]">
	<label class="checkbox-btn" for="condition[poor]">Poor</label>

	<input class="checkbox-hide" type="checkbox" value="condition=damaged" name="condition[damaged]" id="condition[damaged]">
	<label class="checkbox-btn" for="condition[damaged]">Damaged</label>
	</div>
	</body>
	</html>

view raw checkbox_button.html hosted with ❤ by GitHub

And that's it. If you have any questions or it's not clear what's going on, or even if you have a better way of achieving this, feel free to comment below.

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