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GiaFil7
GiaFil7

Reputation: 141

Checkbox doesn't appear checked

I'm a beginner in html (and javascript) and I'm making a project to practice what I've learned. So I'm trying to make a custom checkbox by styling it. Here's the CSS for it:

input[type=checkbox]{
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    outline: none;
    height: 20px;
    width: 20px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    color: black;
    background-color: rgb(168, 168, 75);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05), inset 0px -15px 10px -12px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
}

And this is the result I get:

enter image description here

If I click it, nothing happens. I would be grateful if someone provided any suggestions on how I could make it work!

Note: I haven't found anything specific to my problem or any recent posts related to it on Stack Overflow.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4795

Answers (2)

Jason
Jason

Reputation: 586

input[type=checkbox]{
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    outline: none;
    height: 20px;
    width: 20px;
    border: 1px solid black;
    color: black;
    background-color: rgb(168, 168, 75);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.05), inset 0px -15px 10px -12px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
}

input[type=checkbox].type1:checked:after {
    content: '✓';    /* or '\2713', or '\2714' */
    text-align: center;
    vertical-align: middle;
    position: absolute;
    height: 1em;
    width: 1em;
    line-height: 1;
    margin: auto;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
}

input[type=checkbox].type2:checked:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    height: 60%;
    width: 30%;
    margin: auto;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    -webkit-transform: translateY(-22%) rotate(45deg);
    transform: translateY(-22%) rotate(45deg);
    border-right: 2px solid red;
    border-bottom: 2px solid red;
}
<label><input type="checkbox" class="type1" /> Test</label>
<label><input type="checkbox" class="type2" /> Test</label>

Upvotes: 0

Praveen Kumar Purushothaman
Praveen Kumar Purushothaman

Reputation: 167172

Since you haven't given the :checked state, it doesn't work. You have to explicitly specify it, something like this:

input[type=checkbox]:checked {
  background-color: #000;
}

Full working snippet for you:

* {
  font-family: 'Segoe UI';
}

label {
  cursor: pointer;
}

input[type=checkbox] {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  outline: none;
  height: 20px;
  width: 20px;
  border: 1px solid black;
  color: black;
  background-color: rgb(168, 168, 75);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05), inset 0px -15px 10px -12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
  display: inline-block;
  position: relative;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

input[type=checkbox]:checked {
  background-color: #000;
}
<label><input type="checkbox" /> Check me!</label>

Note: I have added vertical-align: middle so that it displays well with the text. ;)

Upvotes: 1

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