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Custom Checkbox using HTML and CSS

Hello Guys! Welcome to Coding Torque. In this blog, I'm going to explain to you how to make Custom Checkbox using HTML and CSS. This will be a step-by-step guide. Let's get started 🚀.

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Step 1: Import Fontawesome CDN

Import the font awesome CDN in our HTML <head> tag. fontawesome is a library that is used for icons on a website.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.1/css/all.min.css"
        integrity="sha512-+4zCK9k+qNFUR5X+cKL9EIR+ZOhtIloNl9GIKS57V1MyNsYpYcUrUeQc9vNfzsWfV28IaLL3i96P9sdNyeRssA=="
        crossorigin="anonymous" />
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Step 2: Import Google Fonts

Import the fonts using Google Fonts API. Below is the code for the Poppins Font. Paste the below code in the <head> tag.

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
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Step 3: HTML Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <!-- Required meta tags -->
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <!-- Font Awesome Icons  -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/5.15.1/css/all.min.css"
        integrity="sha512-+4zCK9k+qNFUR5X+cKL9EIR+ZOhtIloNl9GIKS57V1MyNsYpYcUrUeQc9vNfzsWfV28IaLL3i96P9sdNyeRssA=="
        crossorigin="anonymous" />

    <!-- Google Fonts  -->
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

    <title>Custom radio button using css - @code.scientist x @codingtorque</title>

</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-youtube"></i>
                <p>YouTube</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
                <p>Facebook</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-instagram"></i>
                <p>Instagram</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-telegram"></i>
                <p>Telegram</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-twitter"></i>
                <p>Twitter</p>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox" name="">
            <div class="box">
                <i class="fab fa-github"></i>
                <p>GitHub</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>
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Output Till Now

Custom Checkbox using HTML and CSS

Step 4: CSS Code

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins");

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
}

body {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
}

.container {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    width: 500px;
    margin-top: 10rem;
}

.checkbox {
    height: 40px;
    width: 160px;
    position: relative;
    margin: 5px;
}

.checkbox input {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    cursor: pointer;
    z-index: 2;
    appearance: none;
    -webkit-appearance: none;
}

.box {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    height: 100%;
    border: 2px solid gainsboro;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

.box i {
    margin-right: 4px;
}

.checkbox input:checked~.box {
    border-color: deeppink;
    color: deeppink;
}
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Output Till Now

Custom Checkbox using HTML and CSS

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