How to style a disabled checkbox? - html

Question

Do you know how I could style a checkbox when it is disabled?
E.g.:
<input type="checkbox" value="All Terrain Vehicle"
name="exfilter_All Terrain Vehicle"
id="exfilter_All_Terrain_Vehicle"
class="exfilter" disabled="">

Answer 1

Use the attribute selector in the css
input[disabled]{
outline:1px solid red; // or whatever
}
for checkbox exclusively use
input[type=checkbox][disabled]{
outline:1px solid red; // or whatever
}
$('button').click(function() {
const i = $('input');
if (i.is('[disabled]'))
i.attr('disabled', false)
else
i.attr('disabled', true);
})
input[type=checkbox][disabled] {
outline: 2px solid red;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="checkbox" value="tasd" disabled />
<input type="text" value="text" disabled />
<button>disable/enable</button>

Answer 2

You can't style a disabled checkbox directly because it's controlled by the browser / OS.
However you can be clever and replace the checkbox with a label that simulates a checkbox using pure CSS. You need to have an adjacent label that you can use to style a new "pseudo checkbox". Essentially you're completely redrawing the thing but it gives you complete control over how it looks in any state.
I've thrown up a basic example so that you can see it in action: http://jsfiddle.net/JohnSReid/pr9Lx5th/3/
Here's the sample:
input[type="checkbox"] {
display: none;
}
label:before {
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fff 0px, #e6e6e6 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
border: 1px solid #035f8f;
height: 36px;
width: 36px;
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
}
input[type="checkbox"] + label:before {
content: '';
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #e6e6e6 0px, #fff 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
border-color: #3d9000;
color: #96be0a;
font-size: 38px;
line-height: 35px;
text-align: center;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:disabled + label:before {
border-color: #eee;
color: #ccc;
background: linear-gradient(to top, #e6e6e6 0px, #fff 100%) repeat scroll 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked + label:before {
content: '✓';
}
<div><input id="cb1" type="checkbox" disabled checked /><label for="cb1"></label></div>
<div><input id="cb2" type="checkbox" disabled /><label for="cb2"></label></div>
<div><input id="cb3" type="checkbox" checked /><label for="cb3"></label></div>
<div><input id="cb4" type="checkbox" /><label for="cb4"></label></div>
Depending on your level of browser compatibility and accessibility, some additional tweaks will need to be made.

Answer 3

Use the :disabled CSS3 pseudo-selector

Answer 4

You can select it using css like this:
input[disabled] { /* css attributes */ }

Answer 5

Checkboxes (radio buttons and <select>) are OS-level components, not browser-level. You cannot reliably style them in a manner that will be consistent across browsers and operating systems.
Your best bet it to put an overlay on top and style that instead.

Answer 6

Use CSS's :disabled selector (for CSS3):
checkbox-style { }
checkbox-style:disabled { }
Or you need to use javascript to alter the style based on when you enable/disable it (Assuming it is being enabled/disabled based on your question).

Answer 7

input[type='checkbox'][disabled][checked] {
width:0px; height:0px;
}
input[type='checkbox'][disabled][checked]:after {
content:'\e013'; position:absolute;
margin-top:-10px;
opacity: 1 !important;
margin-left:-5px;
font-family: 'Glyphicons Halflings';
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
}

Answer 8

If you're trying to stop someone from updating the checkbox so it appears disabled then just use JQuery
$('input[type=checkbox]').click(false);
You can then style the checkbox.

Answer 9

do not put disabled in the input and apply the following styles
input[type="checkbox"] {
pointer-events: none;
}

Answer 10

This is supported by IE too:
HTML
class="disabled"
CSS
.disabled{
...
}

Answer 11

In case if you really want to add some colors to a checkbox, try this workaround.
input[type=checkbox][disabled] {
outline: 5px solid red;
outline-offset: -20px;
}