Lesson 33: Checkboxes and Radio Buttons in Bootstrap 5

Checkboxes and radio buttons are two useful components when building list items on a website. Below is how to create checkboxes and radio buttons in Bootstrap 5 .

Checkbox

Checkboxes are commonly used if you want the user to select any number from a given list of options.

Sample code:

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Detailed explanation:

To style checkboxes, use the 'wrapper' element with the class="form-check" to ensure proper alignment for labels and checkboxes.

Next, add the class .form-check-labelto the label element, and .form-check-inputformat the checkbox appropriately inside the container .form-check.

Use the attribute checkedif you want that checkbox to be checked by default.

For example:

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Checkboxes

To format a checkbox, use a container element with the class.form-check and add.form-check-label to the labels, and.form-check-input to the input field with type="checkbox".

The form below contains 3 checkboxes. The first option is checked by default and the last one is disabled:

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Radio Buttons

Radio buttons are used when you want to restrict users to having only one option in the list. Sample code:

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For example:

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Button Radio

The form below contains 3 radio buttons. The first option is checked by default, the last one is disabled:

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Selection Switch

If you want to format the checkbox as a toggle button like a switch, use the class .form-switchalong with the container .form-check.

Basic code:

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Above is how to create checkboxes and radio buttons for web and application development. Hopefully, this Bootstrap 5 lesson is helpful to you.