Form.Checkbox

A simple checkbox for use with Form.CheckboxSet.

Note: extra props added to this component are passed as attributes to the underlying input node. See MDN for documentation on available input attributes.

Controlled Standalone Usage

Unlabeled control

Controlled Group Usage with useCheckboxSetValues

useCheckboxSetValues(initialValues[]) returns an array: [state, dispatchers].

dispatchers includes add(value) remove(value) set(values[]) and clear()

Uncontrolled Usage

Indeterminate Usage

Inline layout

Validation

Group Level Validation

Individual option validation

Label Position

The label is positioned to the right of the checkbox control by default. The label can be rendered on the left instead by passing the floatLabelLeft prop.

Theme Variables (SCSS)

$input-padding-y:                       $input-btn-padding-y !default;
$input-padding-x:                       $input-btn-padding-x !default;
$input-font-family:                     $input-btn-font-family !default;
$input-font-size:                       $input-btn-font-size !default;
$input-font-weight:                     $font-weight-base !default;
$input-line-height:                     $input-btn-line-height !default;

$input-padding-y-sm:                    $input-btn-padding-y-sm !default;
$input-padding-x-sm:                    $input-btn-padding-x-sm !default;
$input-font-size-sm:                    $input-btn-font-size-sm !default;
$input-line-height-sm:                  $input-btn-line-height-sm !default;

$input-padding-y-lg:                    $input-btn-padding-y-lg !default;
$input-padding-x-lg:                    $input-btn-padding-x-lg !default;
$input-font-size-lg:                    $input-btn-font-size-lg !default;
$input-line-height-lg:                  $input-btn-line-height-lg !default;

$input-bg:                              $white !default;
$input-disabled-bg:                     theme-color("gray", "background") !default;

$input-color:                           theme-color("gray", "text") !default;
$input-border-color:                    $gray-500 !default;
$input-border-width:                    $input-btn-border-width !default;
$input-box-shadow:                      inset 0 1px 1px rgba($black, .075) !default;

$input-border-radius:                   $border-radius !default;
$input-border-radius-lg:                $border-radius-lg !default;
$input-border-radius-sm:                $border-radius-sm !default;

$input-focus-bg:                        $input-bg !default;
$input-focus-border-color:              $component-active-bg !default;
$input-focus-color:                     $input-color !default;
$input-focus-width:                     1px !default;
$input-focus-box-shadow:                $input-btn-focus-box-shadow !default;

$input-placeholder-color:               theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;
$input-plaintext-color:                 $body-color !default;

$input-height-border:                   $input-border-width * 2 !default;

$input-height-inner:                    calc(#{$input-line-height * 1em} + #{$input-padding-y * 2}) !default;
$input-height-inner-half:               calc(#{$input-line-height * .5em} + #{$input-padding-y}) !default;
$input-height-inner-quarter:            calc(#{$input-line-height * .25em} + #{$input-padding-y / 2}) !default;

$input-height:                          calc(#{$input-line-height * 1em} + #{$input-padding-y * 2} + #{$input-height-border}) !default;
$input-height-sm:                       calc(#{$input-line-height-sm * 1em} + #{$input-btn-padding-y-sm * 2} + #{$input-height-border}) !default;
$input-height-lg:                       calc(#{$input-line-height-lg * 1em} + #{$input-btn-padding-y-lg * 2} + #{$input-height-border}) !default;

$input-hover-width:                     1px !default;
$input-transition:                      border-color .15s ease-in-out, box-shadow .15s ease-in-out !default;

$form-text-margin-top:                  .25rem !default;

$form-check-input-gutter:               1.25rem !default;
$form-check-input-margin-y:             .3rem !default;
$form-check-input-margin-x:             .25rem !default;

$form-check-inline-margin-x:            .75rem !default;
$form-check-inline-input-margin-x:      .3125rem !default;

$form-grid-gutter-width:                10px !default;
$form-group-margin-bottom:              1rem !default;

$input-group-addon-color:               $input-color !default;
$input-group-addon-bg:                  theme-color("gray", "background") !default;
$input-group-addon-border-color:        $input-border-color !default;

$custom-forms-transition:               background-color .15s ease-in-out, border-color .15s ease-in-out, box-shadow .15s ease-in-out !default;

$custom-control-gutter:                 .5rem !default;
$custom-control-spacer-x:               1rem !default;
$custom-control-cursor:                 null !default;

$custom-control-indicator-size:         1.25rem !default;
$custom-control-indicator-bg:           $input-bg !default;

$custom-control-indicator-bg-size:      100% !default;
$custom-control-indicator-box-shadow:   $input-box-shadow !default;
$custom-control-indicator-border-color: $gray-700 !default;
$custom-control-indicator-border-width: 2px !default;

$custom-control-label-color:            null !default;

$custom-control-indicator-disabled-bg:          $input-disabled-bg !default;
$custom-control-label-disabled-color:           theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;

$custom-control-indicator-checked-color:        $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg:           $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-disabled-bg:  rgba(theme-color("primary"), .5) !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-box-shadow:   none !default;
$custom-control-indicator-checked-border-color: $custom-control-indicator-checked-bg !default;

$custom-control-indicator-focus-box-shadow:     0 0 0 4px rgba(0,0,0,.1) !default;
$custom-control-indicator-focus-border-color:   $input-focus-border-color !default;

$custom-control-indicator-active-color:         $component-active-color !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-bg:            $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-box-shadow:    none !default;
$custom-control-indicator-active-border-color:  $custom-control-indicator-active-bg !default;
// <svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M19 5V19H5V5H19ZM21 3H3V21H21V3Z' fill='black'/></svg>

$custom-checkbox-indicator-border-radius:       0 !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-checked:        str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM10 17L5 12L6.41 10.59L10 14.17L17.59 6.58L19 8L10 17Z' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;

$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-bg:           $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-color:        $custom-control-indicator-checked-color !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-icon-indeterminate:         str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg width='24' height='24' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'><path d='M21 3H3V21H21V3ZM17 13H7V11H17V13Z' fill='#{$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-color}'/></svg>"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-box-shadow:   none !default;
$custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-border-color: $custom-checkbox-indicator-indeterminate-bg !default;

$custom-radio-indicator-border-radius:          50% !default;
$custom-radio-indicator-icon-checked:           str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;

$custom-switch-indicator-icon-off:              str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-checked-bg}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-icon-on:               str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='-4 -4 8 8'%3e%3ccircle r='3' fill='#{$custom-control-indicator-active-color}'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-switch-width:                           $custom-control-indicator-size * 1.75 !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-border-radius:         $custom-control-indicator-size / 2 !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-size:                  calc(#{$custom-control-indicator-size} - #{$custom-control-indicator-border-width * 4}) !default;
$custom-switch-indicator-checked-bg:            theme-color("success") !default;

$custom-select-padding-y:           $input-padding-y !default;
$custom-select-padding-x:           $input-padding-x !default;
$custom-select-font-family:         $input-font-family !default;
$custom-select-font-size:           $input-font-size !default;
$custom-select-height:              $input-height !default;
$custom-select-indicator-padding:   1rem !default; // Extra padding to account for the presence of the background-image based indicator
$custom-select-font-weight:         $input-font-weight !default;
$custom-select-line-height:         $input-line-height !default;
$custom-select-color:               $input-color !default;
$custom-select-disabled-color:      theme-color("gray", "light-text") !default;
$custom-select-bg:                  $input-bg !default;
$custom-select-disabled-bg:         theme-color("gray", "background") !default;
$custom-select-bg-size:             24px 24px !default; // In pixels because image dimensions
$custom-select-indicator-color:     theme-color("gray", "hover") !default;

$custom-select-indicator:           str-replace(url('data:image/svg+xml,<svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M16.59 8.58984L12 13.1698L7.41 8.58984L6 9.99984L12 15.9998L18 9.99984L16.59 8.58984Z" fill="#{$custom-select-indicator-color}"/></svg>'), "#", "%23") !default;
$custom-select-background:          $custom-select-indicator no-repeat right $input-padding-y center / $custom-select-bg-size !default; // Used so we can have multiple background elements (e.g., arrow and feedback icon)

$custom-select-feedback-icon-padding-right: calc((1em + #{2 * $custom-select-padding-y}) * 3 / 4 + #{$custom-select-padding-x + $custom-select-indicator-padding}) !default;
$custom-select-feedback-icon-position:      center right ($custom-select-padding-x + $custom-select-indicator-padding) !default;
$custom-select-feedback-icon-size:          $input-height-inner-half $input-height-inner-half !default;

$custom-select-border-width:        $input-border-width !default;
$custom-select-border-color:        $input-border-color !default;
$custom-select-border-radius:       $border-radius !default;
$custom-select-box-shadow:          inset 0 1px 2px rgba($black, .075) !default;

$custom-select-focus-border-color:  $input-focus-border-color !default;
$custom-select-focus-width:         $input-focus-width !default;
$custom-select-focus-box-shadow:    $input-btn-focus-box-shadow !default;

$custom-select-padding-y-sm:        $input-padding-y-sm !default;
$custom-select-padding-x-sm:        $input-padding-x-sm !default;
$custom-select-font-size-sm:        $input-font-size-sm !default;
$custom-select-height-sm:           $input-height-sm !default;

$custom-select-padding-y-lg:        $input-padding-y-lg !default;
$custom-select-padding-x-lg:        $input-padding-x-lg !default;
$custom-select-font-size-lg:        $input-font-size-lg !default;
$custom-select-height-lg:           $input-height-lg !default;

$custom-range-track-width:          100% !default;
$custom-range-track-height:         .5rem !default;
$custom-range-track-cursor:         pointer !default;
$custom-range-track-bg:             theme-color("gray", "graphic") !default;
$custom-range-track-border-radius:  1rem !default;
$custom-range-track-box-shadow:     inset 0 .25rem .25rem rgba($black, .1) !default;

$custom-range-thumb-width:                   1rem !default;
$custom-range-thumb-height:                  $custom-range-thumb-width !default;
$custom-range-thumb-bg:                      $component-active-bg !default;
$custom-range-thumb-border:                  0 !default;
$custom-range-thumb-border-radius:           1rem !default;
$custom-range-thumb-box-shadow:              0 .1rem .25rem rgba($black, .1) !default;
$custom-range-thumb-focus-box-shadow:        0 0 0 1px $body-bg, $input-focus-box-shadow !default;
$custom-range-thumb-focus-box-shadow-width:  $input-focus-width !default; // For focus box shadow issue in IE/Edge
$custom-range-thumb-active-bg:               lighten($component-active-bg, 35%) !default;
$custom-range-thumb-disabled-bg:             theme-color("gray", "default") !default;

$custom-file-height:                $input-height !default;
$custom-file-height-inner:          $input-height-inner !default;
$custom-file-focus-border-color:    $input-focus-border-color !default;
$custom-file-focus-box-shadow:      $input-focus-box-shadow !default;
$custom-file-disabled-bg:           $input-disabled-bg !default;

$custom-file-padding-y:             $input-padding-y !default;
$custom-file-padding-x:             $input-padding-x !default;
$custom-file-line-height:           $input-line-height !default;
$custom-file-font-family:           $input-font-family !default;
$custom-file-font-weight:           $input-font-weight !default;
$custom-file-color:                 $input-color !default;
$custom-file-bg:                    $input-bg !default;
$custom-file-border-width:          $input-border-width !default;
$custom-file-border-color:          $input-border-color !default;
$custom-file-border-radius:         $input-border-radius !default;
$custom-file-box-shadow:            $input-box-shadow !default;
$custom-file-button-color:          $custom-file-color !default;
$custom-file-button-bg:             $input-group-addon-bg !default;
$custom-file-text: (
  en: "Browse"
) !default;


// Form validation

$form-feedback-margin-top:          $form-text-margin-top !default;
$form-feedback-font-size:           $small-font-size !default;
$form-feedback-valid-color:         theme-color("success") !default;
$form-feedback-invalid-color:       theme-color("danger") !default;

$form-feedback-icon-valid-color:    $form-feedback-valid-color !default;
$form-feedback-icon-valid:          str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 8 8'%3e%3cpath fill='#{$form-feedback-icon-valid-color}' d='M2.3 6.73L.6 4.53c-.4-1.04.46-1.4 1.1-.8l1.1 1.4 3.4-3.8c.6-.63 1.6-.27 1.2.7l-4 4.6c-.43.5-.8.4-1.1.1z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e"), "#", "%23") !default;
$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color:  $form-feedback-invalid-color !default;
$form-feedback-icon-invalid:        str-replace(url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' fill='#{$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color}' viewBox='-2 -2 7 7'%3e%3cpath stroke='#{$form-feedback-icon-invalid-color}' d='M0 0l3 3m0-3L0 3'/%3e%3ccircle r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cx='3' r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cy='3' r='.5'/%3e%3ccircle cx='3' cy='3' r='.5'/%3e%3c/svg%3E"), "#", "%23") !default;

$form-validation-states: () !default;
// stylelint-disable-next-line scss/dollar-variable-default
$form-validation-states: map-merge(
  (
    "valid": (
      "color": $form-feedback-valid-color,
      "icon": $form-feedback-icon-valid
    ),
    "invalid": (
      "color": $form-feedback-invalid-color,
      "icon": $form-feedback-icon-invalid
    ),
  ),
  $form-validation-states
);

// Form tooltips must come after regular tooltips
$form-feedback-tooltip-padding-y:     .25rem !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-padding-x:     .5rem !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-font-size:     $font-size-sm !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-line-height:   $line-height-base !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-opacity:       .9 !default;
$form-feedback-tooltip-border-radius: $border-radius !default;

FormCheckbox Props API

children
node Required
Specifies contents of the component.
className
string
Specifies class name to append to the base element.
controlClassName
string
Specifies class name for control component.
labelClassName
string
Specifies class name for label component.
description
node
Specifies description to show under the checkbox.
isInvalid
bool
Specifies whether to display checkbox in invalid state, this affects styling.
Defaultfalse
isValid
bool
Specifies whether to display checkbox in valid state, this affects styling.
Defaultfalse
controlAs
elementType
Specifies control element.
DefaultReact.forwardRef( ({ isIndeterminate, ...props }, ref) => { const defaultRef = React.useRef(); const resolvedRef = ref || defaultRef; const { getControlProps } = useFormGroupContext(); const checkboxProps = getControlProps({ ...props, className: classNames('pgn__form-checkbox-input', props.className), }); React.useEffect(() => { // this if(resolvedRef.current) prevents console errors in testing if (resolvedRef.current) { resolvedRef.current.indeterminate = isIndeterminate; } }, [resolvedRef, isIndeterminate]); return ( <input type="checkbox" {...checkboxProps} ref={resolvedRef} /> ); }, )
floatLabelLeft
bool
Defaultfalse

CheckboxControl Props API

isIndeterminate
bool
Specifies whether the checkbox should be rendered in indeterminate state.
Defaultfalse
className
string
Specifies class name to append to the base element.

FormCheckboxSet Props API

children
node Required
Specifies contents of the component.
className
string
Specifies class name to append to the base element.
name
string Required
Specifies name for the component.
value
string[]
Specifies values for the checkboxes.
defaultValue
string[]
Specifies default values for the checkboxes.
isInline
bool
Specifies whether to display components with inline styling.
Defaultfalse
onChange
func
Specifies onChange event handler.
onFocus
func
Specifies onFocus event handler.
onBlur
func
Specifies onBlur event handler.

Form.Checkbox

Controlled Standalone Usage

Unlabeled control

Controlled Group Usage with useCheckboxSetValues

Uncontrolled Usage

Indeterminate Usage

Inline layout

Validation

Group Level Validation

Individual option validation

Label Position

Theme Variables (SCSS)

children

className

controlClassName

labelClassName

description

isInvalid

isValid

controlAs

floatLabelLeft

isIndeterminate

className

children

className

name

value

defaultValue

isInline

onChange

onFocus

onBlur

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