How to change style of radio and checkbox input [duplicate] - html

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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.

Answer 1

jsBin demo
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>

Answer 2

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:

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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);
});

Answer 5

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);
}

Answer 6

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;
}