Styling HTML Radio Buttons as Checkboxes with JavaScript: Learn How

If you're looking to style HTML radio buttons as checkboxes using JavaScript, there are a few things you'll need to know. First, radio buttons and checkboxes are different HTML input types and therefore have different default styles. However, with JavaScript, you can manipulate the styles of radio buttons to make them look like checkboxes.

To begin, you'll need to select the radio buttons using JavaScript. You can do this using the document.querySelectorAll() method and passing in the input[type="radio"] selector. Once you have selected the radio buttons, you can loop through them and add an event listener to each one.

The event listener should listen for a click event and toggle a class on the radio button's label element. This class will be used to apply the checkbox-style CSS to the label element. You can use CSS to hide the radio button itself and apply the checkbox-style CSS to the label element.

Here's an example of the JavaScript code you might use to style HTML radio buttons as checkboxes:

const radioButtons = document.querySelectorAll('input[type="radio"]');

radioButtons.forEach(radioButton => {
  radioButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    radioButton.labels[0].classList.toggle('checkbox');
  });
});

And here's an example of the CSS you might use to style the radio buttons as checkboxes:

input[type="radio"] {
  display: none;
}

label.checkbox {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-radius: 3px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  background-color: #fff;
}

input[type="radio"]:checked + label.checkbox {
  background-color: #007bff;
  border-color: #007bff;
  color: #fff;
}

With a little bit of JavaScript and CSS, you can easily style HTML radio buttons as checkboxes and give your users a more visually appealing experience.