Is it posible to make an input checkbox a Bootstrap glyphicon?

Question

Is it posible to make an input checkbox a Bootstrap glyphicon?

I want to make up the default checkboxes with a nice Bootstrap glyphicon. For example: glyphicon

Answer 1

You can achieve that in a couple of methods:

Method 1

• inside a <label> tag, two <tags> that represent the icons that you want need to be placed(or outside, per use scenario)
• then toggle these two <tags>, when the input[type='checkbox'] is checked or unchecked
• done.

Method 2

• a cleaner approach to the above one, would be to use the css from bootstraps icons, and place them in a :before(or :after depending on your scenarion) on the <label> tag
• then toggle the content prop. of the :before class, that the icons that you want have, when the input[type='checkbox'] is checked or unchecked
• done.

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Check out the demo here and also, a couple of more through documentation on this matter:

• Add boostrap icon to input boxes
• Boostrap checkbox documentation

Answer 2

If you're able to modify your markup a bit, this should do:

<label for="myCheckbox" class="glyphy">
    <input type="checkbox" id="myCheckbox" /> 
    <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span>
    label words
</label>

$('.glyphy').click(function (e) {
    if ($(e.target).is('input')) { // prevent double-event due to bubbling
        $(this).find('.glyphicon').toggleClass('glyphicon-check glyphicon-unchecked');
    }
});

Demo

Answer 3

if you have the icons, you can style it as such: http://jsfiddle.net/swm53ran/164/

/*hide checkbox and radio buttons*/
input[type=checkbox], 
input[type=radio] {
    width: 2em;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 1em;
    opacity: 0; /*This is the part tht actually hides it*/
}

/*normalize the spacing*/
input[type=checkbox] + label,
input[type=radio] + label {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-left: -2em;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}

/*unchecked css*/
input[type=checkbox] + label > span,
input[type=radio] + label > span {
    display: inline-block;
    background-image: url('http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Face-sad.svg/48px-Face-sad.svg.png');
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
}

/*selected checkbox css*/
input[type=checkbox]:checked + label > span > span {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    display:block;
    background-image: url('http://wscont1.apps.microsoft.com/winstore/1x/a14c3995-34d7-454c-82e2-0c192e48b91a/Icon.173718.png');
}

/*selected radio css*/
input[type=radio]:checked + label > span > span {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    display:block;
    background-image: url('http://wscont1.apps.microsoft.com/winstore/1x/a14c3995-34d7-454c-82e2-0c192e48b91a/Icon.173718.png');
}

<div>
    <input id="check1" type="checkbox" name="check1" value="check1" />
    <label for="check1"><span><span></span></span>Checkbox</label>
</div>
<div>
    <input id="radio1" type="radio" name="radio" value="radio1" />
    <label for="radio1"><span><span></span></span>Radio1</label>
</div>
<div>
    <input id="radio2" type="radio" name="radio" value="radio2" />
    <label for="radio2"><span><span></span></span>Radio2</label>
</div>