jQuery CheckBox CSS Styling and Appearance

Styling and Appearance

jQWidgets uses a pair of css files - jqx.base.css and jqx.[theme name].css. The base stylesheet creates the styles related to the widget's layout like margin, padding, border-width, position. The second css file applies the widget's colors and backgrounds. The jqx.base.css should be included before the second CSS file.

Below is the list of CSS classes used by jqxButtons.

jqxCheckBox Style
jqx-widget - applied to jqxCheckBox widget.
jqx-checkbox - applied to jqxCheckBox's outer div element.
jqx-checkbox-default - applied to the check box when its state is default.
jqx-fill-state-normal - applied to the check box when its state is default.
jqx-checkbox-hover - applied to the check box when the mouse cursor is over it
jqx-fill-state-hover - applied to the check box when the mouse cursor is over it
jqx-checkbox-disabled -applied to the check box when the widget is disabled
jqx-checkbox-disabled-box - applied to the check's box when the jqxCheckBox is disabled.
jqx-checkbox-check-checked - applied to the check's box when the jqxCheckBox is checked. Displays a check icon
jqx-checkbox-check-disabled - applied to the check's box when the jqxCheckBox is disabled. Displays a disabled check icon
jqx-checkbox-check-indeterminate - applied to the check's box when the jqxCheckBox is in indeterminate state. Displays a rectangle inside the check's box.
jqx-checkbox-check-indeterminate-disabled - applied to the check's box when the jqxCheckBox is in indeterminate state and the jqxCheckBox is disabled. Displays a gray(disabled) rectangle inside the check's box.
jqx-fill-state-disabled - applied to the jqxCheckBox when it is disabled.
jqx-fill-state-focus - applied to the jqxCheckBox when it is focused.

When you create a custom style with colors and backgrounds for jqxCheckBox, you need to do the following:

Add the above CSS classes related to jqxButtons
After each CSS class, add your theme name.
For example:
jqx-checkbox-shinyblack
To apply your custom style to jqxCheckBox, you need to set its 'theme' property(option) to point to your theme name string.
```
$("#jqxcheckbox").jqxCheckBox({ theme: 'shinyblack', width: 120, height: 25 });
```

The sample below demonstrates how to set the 'Shiny Black' theme to jqxCheckBox.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title id='Description'>jQuery CheckBox CSS Styling Sample</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jqwidgets/styles/jqx.shinyblack.css" type="text/css" />
   <script type="text/javascript" src="../../scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="../../jqwidgets/jqxcheckbox.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            // create jqxCheckBox.
            $("#jqxcheckbox").jqxCheckBox({ width: 120, height: 25, theme: 'shinyblack' });
        });
    </script>
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-2FX5PV9DNT"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'G-2FX5PV9DNT');</script></head>
<body class='default'>
    <div id='jqxcheckbox'>
        Click me</div>
</body>
</html>

Styling and Appearance

jqxCheckBox Style