How to change style of radio and checkbox input

Question

I have a website where I'm trying to change the background color of the dot of a radio button. Right now it seems to be transparent so it gets the color of whatever the background is. I tried using CSS and setting "background: white;" for example, however this has no effect in the browser. Any ideas of cool tricks to use to achieve this?

Same question stands for checkbox as well.

Roko C. Buljan · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-22T10:23:08.787

jsBin demo

Custom radio and checkbox using css

This technique uses the label element bound to hidden input elements, that receiving a :checked state will change the apperance of the :before pseudo element:

/* COMMON RADIO AND CHECKBOX STYLES  */
input[type=radio],
input[type=checkbox]{
  /* Hide original inputs */
  visibility: hidden;
  position: absolute;
}
input[type=radio] + label:before,
input[type=checkbox] + label:before{
  height:12px;
  width:12px;
  margin-right: 2px;
  content: " ";
  display:inline-block;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  border:1px solid #777;
}
input[type=radio]:checked + label:before,
input[type=checkbox]:checked + label:before{
  background:gold;
}

/* CUSTOM RADIO AND CHECKBOX STYLES */
input[type=radio] + label:before{
  border-radius:50%;
}
input[type=checkbox] + label:before{
  border-radius:2px;
}

<input type="radio" name="r" id="r1"><label for="r1">Radio 1</label>
<input type="radio" name="r" id="r2"><label for="r2">Radio 2</label>

<input type="checkbox" name="c1" id="c1"><label for="c1">Check 1</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="c2" id="c2"><label for="c2">check 2</label>

That is a great trick. Nicely done. – Ken Gregory Sep 12 '14 at 17:38 — Ken Gregory, Sep 12 '14 at 17:38

score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 11 '14 at 17:50

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It's been well stablished that you cannot change every detail on browser generated controls. For example the color of the arrow on a select dropdown, or the dot of a radio, etc...

You can create your custom controls, use some library like JQuery UI, or.... maybe play around a little with css.

Here's an experiment to fake a colored dot on a radio, using :before pseudo element:

http://jsfiddle.net/bvtngh57/

input[type="radio"]:checked:before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    top: 3px;
    left: 3px;
    width: 6px;
    height: 6px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: red;
}

Result:

result

edited Sep 11 '14 at 17:50

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answered Sep 11 '14 at 17:45

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looks cool, sadly isn't working on FF – Devin Sep 11 '14 at 17:48
*Unexpectedly* pseudo-elements are applicable to `` elements on Webkit-based web browsers. – Hashem Qolami Sep 11 '14 at 17:56
@HashemQolami Thankfully this has been fixed recently. Pseudo element don't work with inputs on webkit anymore. – barell Jul 11 '16 at 15:30
How cool it is when the given PSD has same radio btn :D – Faisal Ashfaq Jul 20 '19 at 19:02

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 11 '14 at 17:46

The preferred method for styling the non-label elements of checkboxes and radio buttons with CSS is to essentially replace them with images that represent their current state (unchecked, checked, etc).

See this article by Ryan Seddon: http://www.thecssninja.com/css/custom-inputs-using-css

Tricky12 · Answer 4 · 2014-09-11T18:00:16.950

The browser itself handles the look of radio buttons and checkboxes, as well as dropdown/selects. You can however hide the radio buttons, replace them with images, and then modify your radio/check value using jQuery. Font Awesome (http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/) has some cool icons that you can use for this.

Here is a demo

<div>
    Radio 1 - 
    <input type="radio" name="radio" class="radio" value="1" />
    <span class="red fa fa-circle-o"></span>
</div>
<div>
    Radio 2 - 
    <input type="radio" name="radio" class="radio" value="2" />
    <span class="blue fa fa-circle-o"></span>
</div>

$('span.fa').on('click', function() {
    $('span.fa').removeClass('fa fa-dot-circle-o').addClass('fa fa-circle-o');
    $(this).removeClass('fa-circle-o').addClass('fa-dot-circle-o');

    //Check corresponding hidden radio
    $(this).prev('input.radio').prop('checked', true);
});

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 11 '14 at 17:47

There are many ways to do this, all of them involve to get rid of the DOM styles since it's impossible to do it without these "tricks". Here's a sample by Chris Coyier (just read the page, skip step 1 and simply prepare teh images and CSS)

/*
    Hide the original radios and checkboxes
    (but still accessible)

    :not(#foo) > is a rule filter to block browsers
                 that don't support that selector from
                 applying rules they shouldn't

*/
li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='radio'],
li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='checkbox'] {

    /* Hide the input, but have it still be clickable */
    opacity: 0;

    float: left;
    width: 18px;
}

li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='radio'] + label,
li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='checkbox'] + label {
    margin: 0;
    clear: none;

    /* Left padding makes room for image */
    padding: 5px 0 4px 24px;

    /* Make look clickable because they are */
    cursor: pointer;

    background: url(off.png) left center no-repeat;
}

/*
    Change from unchecked to checked graphic
*/
li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='radio']:checked + label {
    background-image: url(radio.png);
}
li:not(#foo) > fieldset > div > span > input[type='checkbox']:checked + label {
    background-image: url(check.png);
}

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 13:45

You can style ionic radio buttons using css alone. Check the fiddle:

https://jsfiddle.net/sreekanthjayan/0d9vj86k/

     <div>
          <ion-radio class="radio radio-inline radio-gray" ng-model="choice" ng-value="'A'">iOS</ion-radio>
          <ion-radio class="radio radio-inline radio-teal" ng-model="choice" ng-value="'B'">Android</ion-radio>
          <ion-radio class="radio radio-inline radio-blue" ng-model="choice" ng-value="'C'">Windows Phone</ion-radio>
     </div>


.radio .radio-icon {
  visibility: visible !important;
}

.radio .radio-icon:before {
  content: "" !important;
  border: 2px solid black !important;
  width: 24px !important;
  height: 24px !important;
  border-radius: 50% !important;
  overflow: hidden !important;
}

.radio .radio-icon:after {
  content: "" !important;
  position: absolute !important;
  right: 20px !important;
  top: 22px !important;
  background: black !important;
  width: 12px !important;
  height: 12px !important;
  border-radius: 50% !important;
  overflow: hidden !important;
  transition: -webkit-transform .28s cubic-bezier(0.420, 0.000, 0.000, 1.650);
  transition: transform .28s cubic-bezier(0.420, 0.000, 0.000, 1.650);
  -webkit-transform: scale(0);
  transform: scale(0);
}

.radio.item-radio > input[type=radio]:checked ~ .radio-icon:after {
  -webkit-transform: scale(1);
  transform: scale(1);
}

.radio .item-content {
  background-color: #fff;
  margin: 0;
  padding-right: 50px;
  padding-left: 0px;
}

.radio.item-radio > input[type=radio]:checked ~ .item-content {
  background-color: #fff;
}

.radio-inline.item {
  display: inline-block;
  border: none;
  margin: 0;
  height: 50px;
}

.radio-blue .radio-icon:after {
  background: #2196F3 !important;
}

.radio-blue .radio-icon:before {
  border-color: #2196F3 !important;
}

.radio-teal .radio-icon:after {
  background: #009688 !important;
}

.radio-teal .radio-icon:before {
  border-color: #009688 !important;
}

.radio-gray .radio-icon:after {
  background: #B6B6B6 !important;
}

.radio-gray .radio-icon:before {
  border-color: #B6B6B6 !important;
}

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