Tailwind CSS Checkbox - React

Use our Tailwind CSS Checkbox to allow the user to select one or more items from a set.

You can use a Checkbox for:

• Selecting one or more options from a list • Presenting a list containing sub-selections • Turning an item on/off in a desktop environment (If you have a single option, avoid using a Checkbox and use an on/off switch instead)

See below our simple Checkbox example that you can use in your React and Tailwind CSS projects. The example also comes in different colors, so you can adapt it easily to your needs.


import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxDefault() {
  return <Checkbox defaultChecked />;
}

Checkbox Colors

The Checkbox component comes with 19 different colors that you can change it using the color prop.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxColors() {
  return (
    <div className="flex w-max gap-4">
      <Checkbox color="blue" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="red" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="green" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="amber" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="teal" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="indigo" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="purple" defaultChecked />
      <Checkbox color="pink" defaultChecked />
    </div>
  );
}

Checkbox Label

You can add a label for the Checkbox component by passing the label prop to the Checkbox component.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxLabel() {
  return <Checkbox label="Remember Me" />;
}

Checkbox Custom Icon

You can add a custom icon for the Checkbox component when it's checked by passing the icon prop to the Checkbox component.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxCustomIcon() {
  return (
    <Checkbox
      icon={
        <svg
          xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
          className="h-3 w-3"
          viewBox="0 0 20 20"
          fill="currentColor"
        >
          <path
            fillRule="evenodd"
            d="M3.172 5.172a4 4 0 015.656 0L10 6.343l1.172-1.171a4 4 0 115.656 5.656L10 17.657l-6.828-6.829a4 4 0 010-5.656z"
            clipRule="evenodd"
          />
        </svg>
      }
      defaultChecked
    />
  );
}

Checkbox Ripple Effect

You can turn on/off the ripple effect for the Checkbox component using the ripple prop.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxRippleEffect() {
  return (
    <>
      <Checkbox id="ripple-on" label="Ripple Effect On" ripple={true} />
      <Checkbox id="ripple-off" label="Ripple Effect Off" ripple={false} />
    </>
  );
}

Disabled Checkbox

You can make a checkbox disable by passing the disabled prop to the Checkbox component.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function DisabledCheckbox() {
  return <Checkbox label="Remember Me" disabled={true} />;
}

Checkbox with Link

The label prop for the the checkbox can accept dom elements and because of that you can put links or any other dom elements you like to have with your checkbox label.

import { Checkbox, Typography } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxWithLink() {
  return (
    <Checkbox
      label={
        <Typography color="blue-gray" className="flex font-medium">
          I agree with the
          <Typography
            as="a"
            href="#"
            color="blue"
            className="font-medium transition-colors hover:text-blue-700"
          >
            &nbsp;terms and conditions
          </Typography>
          .
        </Typography>
      }
    />
  );
}

Checkbox With Description

Use the example below for a more complex usage of checkbox with label that contains some description.

import { Checkbox, Typography } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxWithDescription() {
  return (
    <Checkbox
      label={
        <div>
          <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
            Remember Me
          </Typography>
          <Typography variant="small" color="gray" className="font-normal">
            You&apos;ll be able to login without password for 24 hours.
          </Typography>
        </div>
      }
      containerProps={{
        className: "-mt-5",
      }}
    />
  );
}

Checkbox Vertical List Group

Use the example below for a vertical list of checkboxes.

import {
  Checkbox,
  Card,
  List,
  ListItem,
  ListItemPrefix,
  Typography,
} from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxVerticalListGroup() {
  return (
    <Card>
      <List>
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="vertical-list-react"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="vertical-list-react"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              React.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="vertical-list-vue"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="vertical-list-vue"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              Vue.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="vertical-list-svelte"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="vertical-list-svelte"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              Svelte.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
      </List>
    </Card>
  );
}

Checkbox Horizontal List Group

Use the example below for a horizontal list of checkboxes.

import {
  Checkbox,
  Card,
  List,
  ListItem,
  ListItemPrefix,
  Typography,
} from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxHorizontalListGroup() {
  return (
    <Card className="w-full max-w-[24rem]">
      <List className="flex-row">
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="horizontal-list-react"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="horizontal-list-react"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              React.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="horizontal-list-vue"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="horizontal-list-vue"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              Vue.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
        <ListItem className="p-0">
          <label
            htmlFor="horizontal-list-svelte"
            className="flex w-full cursor-pointer items-center px-3 py-2"
          >
            <ListItemPrefix className="mr-3">
              <Checkbox
                id="horizontal-list-svelte"
                ripple={false}
                className="hover:before:opacity-0"
                containerProps={{
                  className: "p-0",
                }}
              />
            </ListItemPrefix>
            <Typography color="blue-gray" className="font-medium">
              Svelte.js
            </Typography>
          </label>
        </ListItem>
      </List>
    </Card>
  );
}

Checkbox Custom Styles

You can use the className prop to add custom styles to the Checkbox component.

import { Checkbox } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export function CheckboxCustomStyles() {
  return (
    <Checkbox
      defaultChecked
      ripple={false}
      className="h-8 w-8 rounded-full border-gray-900/20 bg-gray-900/10 transition-all hover:scale-105 hover:before:opacity-0"
    />
  );
}

Checkbox Props

The following props are available for checkbox component. These are the custom props that we've added for the checkbox component and you can use all the other native input props as well.

AttributeTypeDescriptionDefault
colorColorChange checkbox colorgray
labelnodeAdd label for checkboxundefined
iconnodeChange checked icon for checkboxundefined
ripplebooleanAdd ripple effect for checkboxtrue
classNamestringAdd custom className for checkbox''
disabledbooleanMakes the checkbox disabledfalse
containerPropsobjectAdd custom props for checkbox containerundefined
labelPropsobjectAdd custom props for checkbox labelundefined
iconPropsobjectAdd custom props for checkbox iconundefined
inputRefrefAdd reference for input element.undefined


For TypeScript Only

import type { CheckboxProps } from "@material-tailwind/react";

Types - Color

type color =
  | "blue-gray"
  | "gray"
  | "brown"
  | "deep-orange"
  | "orange"
  | "amber"
  | "yellow"
  | "lime"
  | "light-green"
  | "green"
  | "teal"
  | "cyan"
  | "light-blue"
  | "blue"
  | "indigo"
  | "deep-purple"
  | "purple"
  | "pink"
  | "red";

Checkbox Theme

Learn how to customize the theme and styles for checkbox component, the theme object for checkbox component has three main objects:

A. The defaultProps object for setting up the default value for props of checkbox component.
B. The valid object for customizing the valid values for checkbox component props.
C. The styles object for customizing the theme and styles of checkbox component.

You can customize the theme and styles of checkbox component by adding Tailwind CSS classes as key paired values for objects.



Checkbox Theme Object Type

interface CheckboxStylesType {
  defaultProps: {
    color: string;
    label: string;
    icon: node;
    ripple: boolean;
    className: string;
    disabled: boolean;
    containerProps: object;
    labelProps: object;
    iconProps: object;
  };
  valid: {
    colors: string[];
  };
  styles: {
    base: {
      root: object;
      container: object;
      input: object;
      label: object;
      icon: object;
      disabled: object;
    };
    colors: object;
  };
}


For TypeScript Only

import type { CheckboxStylesType } from "@material-tailwind/react";

Checkbox Theme Customization

const theme = {
  checkbox: {
    defaultProps: {
      color: "blue",
      label: undefined,
      icon: undefined,
      ripple: true,
      className: "",
      disabled: false,
      containerProps: undefined,
      labelProps: undefined,
      iconProps: undefined,
    },
    valid: {
      colors: [
        "blue-gray",
        "gray",
        "brown",
        "deep-orange",
        "orange",
        "amber",
        "yellow",
        "lime",
        "light-green",
        "green",
        "teal",
        "cyan",
        "light-blue",
        "blue",
        "indigo",
        "deep-purple",
        "purple",
        "pink",
        "red",
      ],
    },
    styles: {
      base: {
        root: {
          display: "inline-flex",
          alignItems: "items-center",
        },
        container: {
          position: "relative",
          display: "flex",
          alignItems: "items-center",
          cursor: "cursor-pointer",
          p: "p-3",
          borderRadius: "rounded-full",
        },
        input: {
          peer: "peer",
          position: "relative",
          appearance: "appearance-none",
          width: "w-5",
          height: "h-5",
          borderWidth: "border",
          borderRadius: "rounded-md",
          borderColor: "border-blue-gray-200",
          cursor: "cursor-pointer",
          transition: "transition-all",
          before: {
            content: "before:content['']",
            display: "before:block",
            bg: "before:bg-blue-gray-500",
            width: "before:w-12",
            height: "before:h-12",
            borderRadius: "before:rounded-full",
            position: "before:absolute",
            top: "before:top-2/4",
            left: "before:left-2/4",
            transform: "before:-translate-y-2/4 before:-translate-x-2/4",
            opacity: "before:opacity-0 hover:before:opacity-10",
            transition: "before:transition-opacity",
          },
        },
        label: {
          color: "text-gray-700",
          fontWeight: "font-light",
          userSelect: "select-none",
          cursor: "cursor-pointer",
          mt: "mt-px",
        },
        icon: {
          color: "text-white",
          position: "absolute",
          top: "top-2/4",
          left: "left-2/4",
          translate: "-translate-y-2/4 -translate-x-2/4",
          pointerEvents: "pointer-events-none",
          opacity: "opacity-0 peer-checked:opacity-100",
          transition: "transition-opacity",
        },
        disabled: {
          opacity: "opacity-50",
          pointerEvents: "pointer-events-none",
        },
      },
      colors: {
        "blue-gray": {
          background: "checked:bg-blue-gray-500",
          border: "checked:border-blue-gray-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-blue-gray-500",
        },
        gray: {
          background: "checked:bg-gray-500",
          border: "checked:border-gray-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-gray-500",
        },
        brown: {
          background: "checked:bg-brown-500",
          border: "checked:border-brown-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-brown-500",
        },
        "deep-orange": {
          background: "checked:bg-deep-orange-500",
          border: "checked:border-deep-orange-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-deep-orange-500",
        },
        orange: {
          background: "checked:bg-orange-500",
          border: "checked:border-orange-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-orange-500",
        },
        amber: {
          background: "checked:bg-amber-500",
          border: "checked:border-amber-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-amber-500",
        },
        yellow: {
          background: "checked:bg-yellow-500",
          border: "checked:border-yellow-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-yellow-500",
        },
        lime: {
          background: "checked:bg-lime-500",
          border: "checked:border-lime-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-lime-500",
        },
        "light-green": {
          background: "checked:bg-light-green-500",
          border: "checked:border-light-green-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-light-green-500",
        },
        green: {
          background: "checked:bg-green-500",
          border: "checked:border-green-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-green-500",
        },
        teal: {
          background: "checked:bg-teal-500",
          border: "checked:border-teal-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-teal-500",
        },
        cyan: {
          background: "checked:bg-cyan-500",
          border: "checked:border-cyan-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-cyan-500",
        },
        "light-blue": {
          background: "checked:bg-light-blue-500",
          border: "checked:border-light-blue-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-light-blue-500",
        },
        blue: {
          background: "checked:bg-blue-500",
          border: "checked:border-blue-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-blue-500",
        },
        indigo: {
          background: "checked:bg-indigo-500",
          border: "checked:border-indigo-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-indigo-500",
        },
        "deep-purple": {
          background: "checked:bg-deep-purple-500",
          border: "checked:border-deep-purple-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-deep-purple-500",
        },
        purple: {
          background: "checked:bg-purple-500",
          border: "checked:border-purple-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-purple-500",
        },
        pink: {
          background: "checked:bg-pink-500",
          border: "checked:border-pink-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-pink-500",
        },
        red: {
          background: "checked:bg-red-500",
          border: "checked:border-red-500",
          before: "checked:before:bg-red-500",
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

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