material-web/docs/components/checkbox.md

Checkbox

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Checkboxes allow users to select one or more items from a set. Checkboxes can turn an option on or off.

There's one type of checkbox in Material. Use this selection control when the user needs to select one or more options from a list.

• Design article
• API Documentation
• Source code

Usage

Checkboxes may be standalone, pre-checked, or indeterminate.

<md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper"></md-checkbox>
<md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper" checked></md-checkbox>
<md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper" indeterminate></md-checkbox>

Label

Associate a label with a checkbox using the <label> element.

<label>
  <md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper"></md-checkbox>
  Checkbox one
</label>

<md-checkbox id="checkbox-two" touch-target="wrapper"></md-checkbox>
<label for="checkbox-two">Checkbox two</label>

Accessibility

Add an aria-label attribute to checkboxes without labels or checkboxes whose labels need to be more descriptive.

<md-checkbox aria-label="Select all checkboxes"></md-checkbox>

<label>
  <md-checkbox aria-label="Agree to terms and conditions"></md-checkbox>
  Agree
</label>

Note: checkboxes are not automatically labelled by <label> elements and always need an aria-label. See b/294081528.

Theming

Checkbox supports Material theming and can be customized in terms of color and shape.

Tokens

Token	Default value
--md-checkbox-outline-color	--md-sys-color-on-surface-variant
--md-checkbox-selected-container-color	--md-sys-color-primary
--md-checkbox-selected-icon-color	--md-sys-color-on-primary
--md-checkbox-container-shape	2px

• All tokens

Example

<style>
  :root {
    /* System tokens */
    --md-sys-color-primary: #006a6a;
    --md-sys-color-on-primary: #ffffff;
    --md-sys-color-on-surface-variant: #3f4948;

    /* Component tokens */
    --md-checkbox-container-shape: 0px;
  }
</style>

<md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper"></md-checkbox>
<md-checkbox touch-target="wrapper" checked></md-checkbox>

API

MdCheckbox <md-checkbox>

Properties

Property	Attribute	Type	Default	Description
checked	checked	boolean	false	Whether or not the checkbox is selected.
disabled	disabled	boolean	false	Whether or not the checkbox is disabled.
indeterminate	indeterminate	boolean	false	Whether or not the checkbox is indeterminate. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/checkbox#indeterminate_state_checkboxes
required	required	boolean	false	When true, require the checkbox to be selected when participating in form submission. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/checkbox#validation
value	value	string	'on'	The value of the checkbox that is submitted with a form when selected. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/checkbox#value
name		string	undefined
form		HTMLFormElement	undefined
labels		NodeList	undefined
validity		ValidityState	undefined
validationMessage		string	undefined
willValidate		boolean	undefined

Methods

Method	Parameters	Returns	Description
checkValidity	None	boolean	Checks the checkbox's native validation and returns whether or not the element is valid. If invalid, this method will dispatch the invalid event. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/checkValidity
reportValidity	None	boolean	Checks the checkbox's native validation and returns whether or not the element is valid. If invalid, this method will dispatch the invalid event. The validationMessage is reported to the user by the browser. Use setCustomValidity() to customize the validationMessage. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/reportValidity
setCustomValidity	error	void	Sets the checkbox's native validation error message. This is used to customize validationMessage. When the error is not an empty string, the checkbox is considered invalid and validity.customError will be true. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLInputElement/setCustomValidity