How do you create a toggle button?

Question

I want to create a toggle button in html using css. I want it so that when you click on it , it stays pushed in and than when you click it on it again it pops out.

Answer 1

I don't think using JS for creating a button is good practice. What if the user's browser deactivates JavaScript ?

Plus, you can just use a checkbox and a bit of CSS to do it. And it easy to retrieve the state of your checkbox.

This is just one example, but you can style it how want.

http://jsfiddle.net/4gjZX/

HTML

  
  
  

    

  
  Toggle
  
​

CSS

.toggle label {
  color: #444;
  float: left;
  line-height: 26px;
}
.toggle .toggle-button {
  margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px;
  float: left;
  width: 70px;
  height: 26px;
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#eeeeee), to(#fafafa));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee, #fafafa);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee, #fafafa);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee, #fafafa);
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee, #fafafa);
  background-image: linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee, #fafafa);
  filter: progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0, StartColorStr='#eeeeee', EndColorStr='#fafafa');
  border-radius: 4px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
  -moz-border-radius: 4px;
  border: 1px solid #D1D1D1;
}
.toggle .toggle-button .toggle-tab {
  width: 30px;
  height: 26px;
  background-color: #fafafa;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fafafa), to(#eeeeee));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #eeeeee);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #eeeeee);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #eeeeee);
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #eeeeee);
  background-image: linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #eeeeee);
  filter: progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0, StartColorStr='#fafafa', EndColorStr='#eeeeee');
  border: 1px solid #CCC;
  margin-left: -1px;
  margin-top: -1px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
  -moz-border-radius: 4px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 5px 0px 4px -5px #000000, 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
  -moz-box-shadow: 5px 0px 4px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
  box-shadow: 5px 0px 4px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
}
.toggle input[type=checkbox] {
  display: none;
}
.toggle input[type=checkbox]:checked ~ label .toggle-button {
  background-color: #2d71c2;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#2d71c2), to(#4ea1db));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #2d71c2, #4ea1db);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #2d71c2, #4ea1db);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #2d71c2, #4ea1db);
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #2d71c2, #4ea1db);
  background-image: linear-gradient(top, #2d71c2, #4ea1db);
  filter: progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.gradient(GradientType=0, StartColorStr='#2d71c2', EndColorStr='#4ea1db');
}
.toggle input[type=checkbox]:checked ~ label .toggle-button .toggle-tab {
  margin-left: 39px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: -5px 0px 4px -5px #000000, 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
  -moz-box-shadow: -5px 0px 4px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
  box-shadow: -5px 0px 4px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0px 0px 0px 0px #000000;
}​

Hope this helps