Style Html CheckBoxes with css.
Kavindu Santhusa
Websites have checkboxes in forms to get the choice of users.The defines a checkbox.The checkbox is shown as a square box that is ticked (checked) when activated(checked).Checkboxes are used to let a user select one or more options of a limited number of choices.Tip: Always add the tag for best accessibility practices!Can you style it with css?You can change width and height only.How can we add more styles to checkbox?SolutionI have wasted many hours with this question. I found one solution.💡 - Hide checkbox, make a dummy and pass events to hidden checkbox.Bad, You should create extra elements(3 or 2). And you can't use inline styles if you are using 2 extra elements.💡 - remove default styles.Use appearence property to remove default styles. 95%+ browsers supported. In unsupported browsers checkbox has same with and height without other styles. So, It's a fallback.But, It has no action when checked. 💡 - Background color change(like Sourceforge) 💡 - Change border to ✓