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nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points
Posted by nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points

Make checkbox container clickable

Hey guys, I'm a little confused at the moment.

How can I make the container of the checkbox clickable?

Here is an example of my form: http://jsfiddle.net/7r4pzbzg/1/

As you can see only the checkbox and the label is clickable, how can I make the actual container that it sits in clickable? I have tried making the label width 100% however it sits on a different line when that is done.

Any ideas? Thanks

2 Answers

Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points
Jay Mayu
Jay Mayu
6,805 Points

Checkout this solution at http://jsfiddle.net/7r4pzbzg/4/

This is where the decision is made and checkbox checked / unchecked

$('.panel').on('click',function(){
        if(checkBoxChecked){
            checkBoxChecked = false;
            $('#bodytype-checkbox').prop('checked', false);
        }else{
            checkBoxChecked = true;
            $('#bodytype-checkbox').prop('checked', true);
        }
});

I declared a global boolean variable to track whether the checkbox is checked or not. if it's checked then I programmatically uncheck it and viceversa.

nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points
nicholas maddren
nicholas maddren
12,793 Points

Hey, thanks I tried it and it works well however the label cannot be clicked to check the box :(

Geert-Jan Hendriks
Geert-Jan Hendriks
23,126 Points
Geert-Jan Hendriks
Geert-Jan Hendriks
23,126 Points

you could set your label to a block element. This pushes the checkbox away, but you can float the checkbox to the left. Try to add this to your css:

label{
    display: block;
    padding-left: 20px;
}
#bodytype-checkbox{
    float:left;
}