Customize Checkboxes and Radio Buttons with CSS3

by Kheema Pandey

HTML

<div class="radio">  
    <input id="male" type="radio" name="gender" value="male" />  
    <label for="male">Male</label>  
        <input id="female" type="radio" name="gender" value="female" />  
    <label for="female">Female</label>  
</div>  


<div class="checkbox">  
    <input id="check1" type="checkbox" name="check" value="check1">  
    <label for="check1">Checkbox No. 1</label>  
    <br>  
    <input id="check2" type="checkbox" name="check" value="check2">  
    <label for="check2">Checkbox No. 2</label>  
</div>

CSS

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

label {
	display: inline-block;
	cursor: pointer;
	position: relative;
	padding-left: 25px;
	margin-right: 15px;
	font-size: 13px;
}
label:before {
	content: "";
	display: inline-block;

	width: 16px;
	height: 16px;

	margin-right: 10px;
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	bottom: 1px;
	background-color: #aaa;
	box-shadow: inset 0px 2px 3px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3), 0px 1px 0px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
.radio label:before {
	border-radius: 8px;
}
input[type=radio]:checked + label:before {
    content: "\2022";
    color: #f3f3f3;
    font-size: 30px;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 18px;
}
/*-------Checkbox styling--------*/

input[type=checkbox] {
	display: none;
}
.checkbox label:before {
	border-radius: 3px;
}
input[type=checkbox]:checked + label:before {
	content: "\2713";
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	font-size: 15px;
	color: #f3f3f3;
	text-align: center;
    line-height: 15px;
}