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diff --git a/build/dynamic-checkboxes/index.html b/build/dynamic-checkboxes/index.html index e23448b..218d783 100644 --- a/build/dynamic-checkboxes/index.html +++ b/build/dynamic-checkboxes/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Dynamic Checkboxes</title> <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> -<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> @@ -16,25 +17,15 @@ <main> <h1 id="dynamic-checkboxes">Dynamic Checkboxes</h1> - <p>2019-07-30</p> - <p>Checkboxes are used quite frequently on forms across the web. Whether you’re selecting a pricing plan during a site’s sign-up process or just simply selecting to opt-out from a newsletter, you have most likely interacted with some form of checkbox element.</p> - <p>What if we could make everyday checkboxes more beautiful <em>and</em> more intuitive? <em>It’s easier than you think</em>. We only need a small amount of CSS and JavaScript to make considerable improvements to your average checkbox UX.</p> - <p>Let’s get into it.</p> - <h2 id="what-we-are-building">What we are building</h2> - <p>Take a look and play around with the CodePen below to get an idea of what we are going to build. The premise is a simple add-on pricing form which calculates the additional monthly total to the user in real-time.</p> - <p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/rXWEpy/">Live CodePen Example</a></p> - <h2 id="the-structure-html">The Structure (HTML)</h2> - <p>As always, we will start by breaking down the “bones” of the HTML structure for this checkbox form. Let’s take a look at the HTML in it’s entirety (don’t worry, it is a lot more simple than it seems at first glance):</p> - <pre><code><h2>Add-ons</h2> <input class="checkbox-btn" name="checkbox-collection" id="checkbox-1" type="checkbox" value="49"> @@ -74,9 +65,7 @@ </div> </div> </code></pre> - <h3 id="the-checkbox-inputs-labels">The checkbox inputs & labels</h3> - <pre><code><!-- #1 --> <input class="checkbox-btn" name="checkbox-collection" id="checkbox-1" type="checkbox" value="49"> @@ -94,19 +83,15 @@ </label> </code></pre> - <ol> <li><p>This input will be hidden via <code>position:absolute</code> by default. All checkbox inputs need to share the same <code>name</code> value and all checkboxes require their our custom <code>id</code> that will link with the corresponding <code>for</code> value on the label.</p></li> <li><p>This label needs it’s <code>for</code> value to correspond with it’s partnered checkbox.</p> - <ul> <li>i) The first span holds the title and description information of the add-on</li> <li>ii) The last span holds the cost associated with the current add-on</li> </ul></li> </ol> - <h3 id="the-total-cost-container-output">The total cost container output</h3> - <pre><code><!-- #1 --> <div class="total-cost"> @@ -131,11 +116,9 @@ </div> </code></pre> - <ol> <li><p>A simple <code>div</code> with a class we can easily target later</p></li> <li><p>A <code>div</code> parent container is needed to house all the total <code>spans</code> together (more on this when we get into the CSS)</p> - <ul> <li>i) The first <code>span</code> holds the static currency symbol</li> <li>ii) The second <code>span</code> is where our updated cost will be injected</li> @@ -143,13 +126,9 @@ <li>iv) The final <code>span</code> simply holds the static monthly duration content</li> </ul></li> </ol> - <p>All that’s all we need for the HTML!</p> - <h2 id="the-visuals-css">The Visuals (CSS)</h2> - <p>Again, lets take a look at the entire file before we break it down step-by-step:</p> - <pre><code>.checkbox-label { align-items: center; background-color: none; @@ -252,9 +231,7 @@ } } </code></pre> - <h3 id="the-checkbox-label">The checkbox label</h3> - <pre><code>/* This is the main element for each checkbox "container". Inside it houses the title, description and price. @@ -285,11 +262,8 @@ Inside it houses the title, description and price. box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.05); } </code></pre> - <h3 id="the-custom-checkbox-input">The custom checkbox input</h3> - <p>We need to hide the browser’s default checkbox input and replace it with our own using pseudo selectors.</p> - <pre><code>/* Hide browser default input */ .checkbox-btn { position: absolute; @@ -334,11 +308,8 @@ update the inline SVG to use a checkmark symbol border-color: mediumpurple; } </code></pre> - <h3 id="the-total-cost-container">The total cost container</h3> - <p>We only need some very basic flexbox styling for our bottom “total” container:</p> - <pre><code>.total-cost { align-items: baseline; border-top: 1px solid lightgrey; @@ -368,11 +339,8 @@ function part of this post to understand why display: none; } </code></pre> - <h3 id="last-but-not-least---mobile">Last but not least - mobile</h3> - <p>Now we just ensure that on smaller devices our checkbox labels render nicely:</p> - <pre><code>@media(max-width:480px) { /* Avoids the inner label content from squishing together @@ -388,13 +356,9 @@ function part of this post to understand why } } </code></pre> - <p>That’s it for the styling!</p> - <h2 id="the-function-js">The Function (JS)</h2> - <p>As you can see below, we only need a very minor amount of JavaScript to accomplish our total cost “injection”.</p> - <pre><code>window.onload=function(){ // Place the default browser checkbox inputs into a variable @@ -424,7 +388,6 @@ for (var i=0; i < inputs.length; i++) { } } </code></pre> - <p>That’s it! Feel free to play with the demo some more at the top of the post, or check out the <a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/rXWEpy">CodePen source directly</a>.</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |