[html] Highlight label if checkbox is checked

Is there a non-javascript way of changing the color of a label when the corresponding checkbox is checked?

This question is related to html css

The answer is


If you have

<div>
  <input type="checkbox" class="check-with-label" id="idinput" />
  <label class="label-for-check" for="idinput">My Label</label>
</div>

you can do

.check-with-label:checked + .label-for-check {
  font-weight: bold;
}

See this working. Note that this won't work in non-modern browsers.


I like Andrew's suggestion, and in fact the CSS rule only needs to be:

:checked + label {
   font-weight: bold;
}

I like to rely on implicit association of the label and the input element, so I'd do something like this:

<label>
   <input type="checkbox"/>
   <span>Bah</span>
</label>

with CSS:

:checked + span {
    font-weight: bold;
}

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/wrumsby/vyP7c/


You can't do this with CSS alone. Using jQuery you can do

HTML

<label id="lab">Checkbox</label>
<input id="check" type="checkbox" />

CSS

.highlight{
    background:yellow;
}

jQuery

$('#check').click(function(){
    $('#lab').toggleClass('highlight')
})

This will work in all browsers

Check working example at http://jsfiddle.net/LgADZ/


This is an example of using the :checked pseudo-class to make forms more accessible. The :checked pseudo-class can be used with hidden inputs and their visible labels to build interactive widgets, such as image galleries. I created the snipped for the people that wanna test.

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input[type=checkbox] + label {_x000D_
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input[type=checkbox]:checked + label {_x000D_
  color: #f00;_x000D_
  font-style: normal;_x000D_
} 
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<input type="checkbox" id="cb_name" name="cb_name"> _x000D_
<label for="cb_name">CSS is Awesome</label> 
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