Overview
This simple CSS insert adds a nice subtle UI tweak for your checkboxes. First, we'll fade out unchecked boxes and labels to a softer color, helping to give them a "deactivated" appearance. Next, we highlight the checkbox color when hovering over an option.
When a box is checked, we'll change the label color back to normal giving it an "on" appearance. We'll apply fade transitions using the @xf-baseAnimationSpeed value, then optionally set the pointer cursor and checked icon weight (outline vs solid).
CSS snippet
Drop this into your extra.less template:
Editing the values
You only need the edit the following lines if needed, but the default values should work great on their own:
The @controlColors set the color of checkbox icons (note that @controlColor--hover is also used for the checked state). The @controlLabelColors affect the label text when a box is checked or unchecked. Finally, you can make checked boxes solid by using 'bold', and change the cursor pointer.
A few notes
While this is somewhat expanded to make beginner-friendly edits, you could optimize this with CSS knowledge. Further, since this is being dropped into extra.less, the @control variables don't override those in core_input.less - so we need to duplicate some code from that template
. This could be avoided via an addon with Template Modifications. For the Less parent selector, we use the input[type="checkbox] in order to declare easy sibling combinators.
This simple CSS insert adds a nice subtle UI tweak for your checkboxes. First, we'll fade out unchecked boxes and labels to a softer color, helping to give them a "deactivated" appearance. Next, we highlight the checkbox color when hovering over an option.
When a box is checked, we'll change the label color back to normal giving it an "on" appearance. We'll apply fade transitions using the @xf-baseAnimationSpeed value, then optionally set the pointer cursor and checked icon weight (outline vs solid).
CSS snippet
Drop this into your extra.less template:
Code:
/* Better Checkboxes */
// Edit these values
@controlColor: @xf-textColorMuted;
@controlColor--hover: @xf-paletteColor3;
@controlLabelColor: @xf-textColorMuted;
@controlLabelColor--active: @xf-textColor;
@controlCheckedWeight: bold; // normal for outline, bold for solid
@cursor: pointer;
// From core_input.less
.formRow,
.inputGroup,
.inputChoices,
.block-footer,
.dataList-cell,
.message-cell--extra
{
.iconic,
&.dataList-cell--fa > a
{
> i
{
color: @controlColor;
}
&:hover > i
{
color: @controlColor--hover;
}
}
}
// Don't apply to off-canvas controls
.formRow .iconic > input[type=checkbox] {
+ i:before,
+ i:after {
transition: @xf-animationSpeed opacity;
}
+ i:after {
font-weight: @controlCheckedWeight;
}
~ * {
transition: @xf-animationSpeed color;
}
~ span.iconic-label {
color: @controlLabelColor;
}
&:checked ~ span.iconic-label {
color: @controlLabelColor--active;
}
&:checked + i {
color: @controlColor--hover;
}
}
// Change the cursor
.formRow,
.inputGroup,
.inputChoices,
.block-footer,
.dataList-cell,
.message-cell--extra,
.structItem-extraInfo
{
.iconic:hover {
cursor: @cursor;
}
}You only need the edit the following lines if needed, but the default values should work great on their own:
CSS:
@controlColor: @xf-textColorMuted;
@controlColor--hover: @xf-paletteColor3;
@controlLabelColor: @xf-textColorMuted;
@controlLabelColor--active: @xf-textColor;
@controlCheckedWeight: bold; // normal for outline, bold for solid
@cursor: pointer;The @controlColors set the color of checkbox icons (note that @controlColor--hover is also used for the checked state). The @controlLabelColors affect the label text when a box is checked or unchecked. Finally, you can make checked boxes solid by using 'bold', and change the cursor pointer.
A few notes
While this is somewhat expanded to make beginner-friendly edits, you could optimize this with CSS knowledge. Further, since this is being dropped into extra.less, the @control variables don't override those in core_input.less - so we need to duplicate some code from that template
. This could be avoided via an addon with Template Modifications. For the Less parent selector, we use the input[type="checkbox] in order to declare easy sibling combinators.