Use our Tailwind CSS Checkbox to allow the user to select one or more items from a set.
You can use a Checkbox for:
• Selecting one or more options from a list
• Presenting a list containing sub-selections
• Turning an item on/off in a desktop environment (If you have a single option, avoid using a Checkbox and use an on/off switch instead)
See below our simple Checkbox example that you can use in your React and Tailwind CSS projects. The example also comes in different colors, so you can adapt it easily to your needs.
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The Checkbox component comes with 19 different colors that you can change it using the color prop.
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You can add a label for the Checkbox component by passing the label prop to the Checkbox component.
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You can add a custom icon for the Checkbox component when it's checked by passing the icon prop to the Checkbox component.
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You can turn on/off the ripple effect for the Checkbox component using the ripple prop.
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You can make a checkbox disable by passing the disabled prop to the Checkbox component.
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The label prop for the the checkbox can accept dom elements and because of that you can put links or any other dom elements you like to have with your checkbox label.
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Use the example below for a more complex usage of checkbox with label that contains some description.
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Use the example below for a vertical list of checkboxes.
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Use the example below for a horizontal list of checkboxes.
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You can use the className prop to add custom styles to the Checkbox component.
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The following props are available for checkbox component. These are the custom props that we've added for the checkbox component and you can use all the other native input props as well.
| Attribute | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
color | Color | Change checkbox color | gray |
label | node | Add label for checkbox | undefined |
icon | node | Change checked icon for checkbox | undefined |
ripple | boolean | Add ripple effect for checkbox | true |
className | string | Add custom className for checkbox | '' |
disabled | boolean | Makes the checkbox disabled | false |
containerProps | object | Add custom props for checkbox container | undefined |
labelProps | object | Add custom props for checkbox label | undefined |
iconProps | object | Add custom props for checkbox icon | undefined |
inputRef | ref | Add reference for input element. | undefined |
import type { CheckboxProps } from "@material-tailwind/react";type color =
| "blue-gray"
| "gray"
| "brown"
| "deep-orange"
| "orange"
| "amber"
| "yellow"
| "lime"
| "light-green"
| "green"
| "teal"
| "cyan"
| "light-blue"
| "blue"
| "indigo"
| "deep-purple"
| "purple"
| "pink"
| "red";Learn how to customize the theme and styles for checkbox component, the theme object for checkbox component has three main objects:
A. The defaultProps object for setting up the default value for props of checkbox component.
B. The valid object for customizing the valid values for checkbox component props.
C. The styles object for customizing the theme and styles of checkbox component.
You can customize the theme and styles of checkbox component by adding Tailwind CSS classes as key paired values for objects.
interface CheckboxStylesType {
defaultProps: {
color: string;
label: string;
icon: node;
ripple: boolean;
className: string;
disabled: boolean;
containerProps: object;
labelProps: object;
iconProps: object;
};
valid: {
colors: string[];
};
styles: {
base: {
root: object;
container: object;
input: object;
label: object;
icon: object;
disabled: object;
};
colors: object;
};
}import type { CheckboxStylesType } from "@material-tailwind/react";const theme = {
checkbox: {
defaultProps: {
color: "blue",
label: undefined,
icon: undefined,
ripple: true,
className: "",
disabled: false,
containerProps: undefined,
labelProps: undefined,
iconProps: undefined,
},
valid: {
colors: [
"blue-gray",
"gray",
"brown",
"deep-orange",
"orange",
"amber",
"yellow",
"lime",
"light-green",
"green",
"teal",
"cyan",
"light-blue",
"blue",
"indigo",
"deep-purple",
"purple",
"pink",
"red",
],
},
styles: {
base: {
root: {
display: "inline-flex",
alignItems: "items-center",
},
container: {
position: "relative",
display: "flex",
alignItems: "items-center",
cursor: "cursor-pointer",
p: "p-3",
borderRadius: "rounded-full",
},
input: {
peer: "peer",
position: "relative",
appearance: "appearance-none",
width: "w-5",
height: "h-5",
borderWidth: "border",
borderRadius: "rounded-md",
borderColor: "border-blue-gray-200",
cursor: "cursor-pointer",
transition: "transition-all",
before: {
content: "before:content['']",
display: "before:block",
bg: "before:bg-blue-gray-500",
width: "before:w-12",
height: "before:h-12",
borderRadius: "before:rounded-full",
position: "before:absolute",
top: "before:top-2/4",
left: "before:left-2/4",
transform: "before:-translate-y-2/4 before:-translate-x-2/4",
opacity: "before:opacity-0 hover:before:opacity-10",
transition: "before:transition-opacity",
},
},
label: {
color: "text-gray-700",
fontWeight: "font-light",
userSelect: "select-none",
cursor: "cursor-pointer",
mt: "mt-px",
},
icon: {
color: "text-white",
position: "absolute",
top: "top-2/4",
left: "left-2/4",
translate: "-translate-y-2/4 -translate-x-2/4",
pointerEvents: "pointer-events-none",
opacity: "opacity-0 peer-checked:opacity-100",
transition: "transition-opacity",
},
disabled: {
opacity: "opacity-50",
pointerEvents: "pointer-events-none",
},
},
colors: {
"blue-gray": {
background: "checked:bg-blue-gray-500",
border: "checked:border-blue-gray-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-blue-gray-500",
},
gray: {
background: "checked:bg-gray-500",
border: "checked:border-gray-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-gray-500",
},
brown: {
background: "checked:bg-brown-500",
border: "checked:border-brown-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-brown-500",
},
"deep-orange": {
background: "checked:bg-deep-orange-500",
border: "checked:border-deep-orange-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-deep-orange-500",
},
orange: {
background: "checked:bg-orange-500",
border: "checked:border-orange-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-orange-500",
},
amber: {
background: "checked:bg-amber-500",
border: "checked:border-amber-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-amber-500",
},
yellow: {
background: "checked:bg-yellow-500",
border: "checked:border-yellow-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-yellow-500",
},
lime: {
background: "checked:bg-lime-500",
border: "checked:border-lime-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-lime-500",
},
"light-green": {
background: "checked:bg-light-green-500",
border: "checked:border-light-green-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-light-green-500",
},
green: {
background: "checked:bg-green-500",
border: "checked:border-green-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-green-500",
},
teal: {
background: "checked:bg-teal-500",
border: "checked:border-teal-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-teal-500",
},
cyan: {
background: "checked:bg-cyan-500",
border: "checked:border-cyan-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-cyan-500",
},
"light-blue": {
background: "checked:bg-light-blue-500",
border: "checked:border-light-blue-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-light-blue-500",
},
blue: {
background: "checked:bg-blue-500",
border: "checked:border-blue-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-blue-500",
},
indigo: {
background: "checked:bg-indigo-500",
border: "checked:border-indigo-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-indigo-500",
},
"deep-purple": {
background: "checked:bg-deep-purple-500",
border: "checked:border-deep-purple-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-deep-purple-500",
},
purple: {
background: "checked:bg-purple-500",
border: "checked:border-purple-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-purple-500",
},
pink: {
background: "checked:bg-pink-500",
border: "checked:border-pink-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-pink-500",
},
red: {
background: "checked:bg-red-500",
border: "checked:border-red-500",
before: "checked:before:bg-red-500",
},
},
},
},
};If you want to see more examples and properties please check the official Material Tailwind Documentation.