Pure CSS rating widget

by Craig Martin

HTML

<fieldset class="rating">
    <legend>Please rate:</legend>
    <input type="radio" id="star10" name="rating" value="10" /><label for="star10" title="">10</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star9" name="rating" value="9" /><label for="star9" title="">9</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star8" name="rating" value="8" /><label for="star8" title="">8</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star7" name="rating" value="7" /><label for="star7" title="">7</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star6" name="rating" value="6" /><label for="star6" title="">6</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star5" name="rating" value="5" /><label for="star5" title="">5</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star4" name="rating" value="4" /><label for="star4" title="">4</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star3" name="rating" value="3" /><label for="star3" title="">3</label>
    <input type="radio" id="" name="rating" value="2" /><label for="star2" title="">2</label>
    <input type="radio" id="star1" name="rating" value="1" /><label for="star1" title="">1</label>
</fieldset>

CSS

.rating {
    float:left;
}

/* :not(:checked) is a filter, so that browsers that don’t support :checked don’t 
   follow these rules. Every browser that supports :checked also supports :not(), so
   it doesn’t make the test unnecessarily selective */
.rating:not(:checked) > input {
    position:absolute;
    top:-9999px;
    clip:rect(0,0,0,0);
}

.rating:not(:checked) > label {
    float:right;
    width:1em;
    padding:0 .1em;
    overflow:hidden;
    white-space:nowrap;
    cursor:pointer;
    font-size:200%;
    line-height:1.2;
    color:#ddd;
    text-shadow:1px 1px #bbb, 2px 2px #666, .1em .1em .2em rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.rating:not(:checked) > label:before {
    content: ' ';
}

.rating > input:checked ~ label {
    color: #f70;
    text-shadow:1px 1px #c60, 2px 2px #940, .1em .1em .2em rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.rating:not(:checked) > label:hover,
.rating:not(:checked) > label:hover ~ label {
    color: gold;
    text-shadow:1px 1px goldenrod, 2px 2px #B57340, .1em .1em .2em rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.rating > input:checked + label:hover,
.rating > input:checked + label:hover ~ label,
.rating > input:checked ~ label:hover,
.rating > input:checked ~ label:hover ~ label,
.rating > label:hover ~ input:checked ~ label {
    color: #ea0;
    text-shadow:1px 1px goldenrod, 2px 2px #B57340, .1em .1em .2em rgba(0,0,0,.5);
}

.rating > label:active {
    position:relative;
    top:2px;
    left:2px;
}