10 Best Custom Checkbox And Radio Input Replacements (2024 Update)

by jQueryScript,

Tired of the ugly native checkboxes and radio buttons in the form?

This is a collection of 10 best free jQuery and Pure CSS libraries to enhance, beautify and manipulate the default native checkboxes and radio buttons in your document. I hope you like it.

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Originally Published Nov 30 2017, updated Jan 30 2024

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jQuery Custom Checkbox & Radio Plugins:

jQuery Plugin For Beautifying Checkboxes And Radio Buttons - iCheck

jQuery Plugin For Beautifying Checkboxes And Radio Buttons - iCheck

A fancy and lightweight jQuery plugin that allows you to create touch-enabled, fully accessible, highly customizable checkboxes and radio buttons with 25 built-in options and 6 skins.

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Transform Checkbox Into Toggle Switch - jQuery switchify

Transform Checkbox Into Toggle Switch - jQuery switchify

A simple, lightweight jQuery plugin that transforms the regular checkbox input into iOS style toggle switches with a single JS call.

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Nice Checkbox And Radio Button Replacement Plugin - nicelabel.js

Nice Checkbox And Radio Button Replacement Plugin - nicelabel.js

A tiny jQuery plugin that converts the default checkboxes and radio buttons into nice toggleable switches and/or selectable labels.

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jQuery Plugin To Turn Radio Buttons & Checkboxes Into Labels - zInput

jQuery Plugin To Turn Radio Buttons & Checkboxes Into Labels - zInput

A simple lightweight jQuery plugin that turns the standard checkboxes and radio buttons into better looking clickable labels.

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jQuery Plugin For Custom Bootstrap Checkboxes - bootstrap-checkbox-x

jQuery Plugin For Custom Bootstrap Checkboxes - bootstrap-checkbox-x

A lightweight jQuery extension for Bootstrap that enhances the default Bootstrap checkbox input with 3 states (checked, unchecked, tri-state), custom CSS styles and contextual colors.

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Pure CSS Custom Checkbox & Radio Replacements:

el-checkbox

el-checkbox

A pure CSS/CSS3 library to create custom checkboxes, radio buttons, and iOS-style toggle switches.

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Create Segmented Controls With Radio Buttons – Toggle Radios

Create Segmented Controls With Radio Buttons - Toggle Radios

A pure CSS library which converts a group or radios into responsive, customizable, SEO-friendly inline toggle button groups (also called segmented controls).

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Custom Checkbox And Radio Inputs In Pure CSS

Custom Checkbox And Radio Inputs In Pure CSS

A collection of CSS styles to customize the checkboxes and radio buttons with your own styles, images, and CSS sprites.

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Convert Checkboxes & Radio Buttons Into Grouped Buttons – boxed-check.css

Convert Checkboxes & Radio Buttons Into Grouped Buttons - boxed-check.css

A CSS library that converts normal checkboxes and radio buttons into checkable (toggleable) elements (like buttons and cards) for better UX.

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icheck

icheck A CSS extension for Bootstrap that allows you to apply custom styles to the default checkboxes and radio buttons.

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