How can I keep tab key behavior with this custom checkbox? - html

Question

I created a custom checkbox on this site and I am trying to use it with tabindex, but I know that this CSS uses display: none which doesn't allow taborder, so this is my question: How can I use this custom checkbox in a form while keeping the input's properties?

Answer 1

You can attach the tabindexto the label that is standing in for the checkbox and then attach a keyboard event to the label to toggle the checkbox when a key is pressed. In this example I am toggling it when the user presses the space bar, like a real checkbox would do.
var checkbox = document.getElementById('myonoffswitch'),
label = document.querySelector('#myonoffswitch + label');
label.addEventListener('keypress', function (evt) {
if (evt.key === ' ') {
checkbox.checked = !checkbox.checked;
} else if (evt.key === 'Enter') {
// .form returns a reference to the parent form
checkbox.form.submit();
}
}, false);
.onoffswitch {
position: relative; width: 90px;
-webkit-user-select:none; -moz-user-select:none; -ms-user-select: none;
}
.onoffswitch-checkbox {
display: none;
}
.onoffswitch-label {
display: block; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer;
border: 2px solid #999999; border-radius: 20px;
}
.onoffswitch-inner {
display: block; width: 200%; margin-left: -100%;
transition: margin 0.3s ease-in 0s;
}
.onoffswitch-inner:before, .onoffswitch-inner:after {
display: block; float: left; width: 50%; height: 30px; padding: 0; line-height: 30px;
font-size: 14px; color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.onoffswitch-inner:before {
content: "";
padding-left: 10px;
background-color: #2E8DEF; color: #FFFFFF;
}
.onoffswitch-inner:after {
content: "";
padding-right: 10px;
background-color: #CCCCCC; color: #333333;
text-align: right;
}
.onoffswitch-switch {
display: block; width: 25px; margin: 2.5px;
background: #000000;
position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0;
right: 56px;
border: 2px solid #999999; border-radius: 20px;
transition: all 0.3s ease-in 0s;
}
.onoffswitch-checkbox:checked + .onoffswitch-label .onoffswitch-inner {
margin-left: 0;
}
.onoffswitch-checkbox:checked + .onoffswitch-label .onoffswitch-switch {
right: 0px;
}
<form id="theform">
<input><br>
<br>
<div class="onoffswitch">
<input type="checkbox" name="onoffswitch" class="onoffswitch-checkbox" id="myonoffswitch" checked>
<label class="onoffswitch-label" for="myonoffswitch" tabindex="0">
<span class="onoffswitch-inner"></span>
<span class="onoffswitch-switch"></span>
</label>
</div><br>
<input><br>
<input type="checkbox" id="normal-checkbox"><label for="normal-checkbox">Normal Checkbox</label>
</form>