Pretty Checkboxes & Radiobutton

Posted on August 2, 2008. Filed under: Ajax, CSS, Javascript |

This script is for people who wants to have a consistent look for checkboxes across browser or those who simply want them to look better. By using this script you wont loose any of the regular inputs usability. If you have any comment/suggestion please post them in the main script post.

Demo

Custom checkboxes Item 1 Item 2, this item is slightly longer to go on 2 lines. Item 3 Item 4 Custom radio buttons Item 1 Item 2 Item 3, this item is slightly longer to go on 2 lines. Item 4 Inline radio buttons Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4

Browser support

This plugin has been tested and is known to work in the following browsers

Firefox 3.0 (Mac/PC/Linux)
Firefox 2.0 (Mac/PC/Linux)
Opera 9.5 (Mac/PC)
Safari 3.1.1 (Mac)
Internet Explorer 6.0 (PC)
Internet Explorer 7.0 (PC)

Copyright

This script is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5. So you can use it in all you projects even commercial ones. Donations are always welcome.

Download

Uncompressed version (Script: 2.2kb)
Compressed version (Script: 1.8kb)

Version history

1.0: Initial release of prettyCheckboxes.

How to use

Nothing is easier to use. First include the jQuery library then include the prettyCheckboxes javascript in the head of the page(s) where you want to use prettyCheckboxes.
jQuery can be download here
IMPORTANT: For the script to work properly EVERY labels need to have a “for” attribute linking to the ID of their corresponding checkbox/radio

Then you need to initalize prettyCheckboxes.

				
$(document).ready(function(){
	$('input[type=checkbox],input[type=radio]').prettyCheckboxes();
});

If you want prettyComments to be initialized on specific inputs, you can specify which element by using a CSS selector, like so:

				
$(document).ready(function(){
	$('input.myCheckbox').prettyCheckboxes();
});

You can provide several parameters to the function if you want to customize it a bit further

				
$(document).ready(function(){
	$('input[type=checkbox],input[type=radio]').prettyCheckboxes({
		checkboxWidth: 17, // The width of your custom checkbox
		checkboxHeight: 17, // The height of your custom checkbox
		className : 'prettyCheckbox', // The classname of your custom checkbox
		display: 'list' // The style you want it to be display (inline or list)
	});
});

If you can to customize the look of the inputs, you can customize those image
Please note that you have the hover and selected state in the same image and that the inputs should be at the same position, unless you want/can modify the CSS yourself.
That’s it, now your inputs should behave the same as in the demo on this page