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diff --git a/build/easy-toggle-switches/index.html b/build/easy-toggle-switches/index.html index b84f921..fde6227 100644 --- a/build/easy-toggle-switches/index.html +++ b/build/easy-toggle-switches/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>Easy Toggle Switches</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> @@ -16,29 +17,19 @@ <main> <h1 id="easy-toggle-switches">Easy Toggle Switches</h1> - <p>2019-02-18</p> - <p>Sometimes there is a need to use toggle elements in-place of the default <code>checkbox</code> inputs. The problem is, I tend to see a lot of developers reaching for plugins or JavaScript components in order to implement these toggles.</p> - <p><em>This is overkill</em>. You can create your own custom <code>input</code> elements to mimic toggles perfectly with just a small amount of CSS.</p> - <h2 id="what-we-will-be-building">What we will be building</h2> - <p><img src="/public/images/easy-toggle-switches.png" alt="Easy toggle switches" /></p> - <p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/bGgbajY">Live CodePen Example</a></p> - <h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> - <p>The build structure for these toggles is really simple, we only need:</p> - <ul> <li><p>a parent container to hold all our corresponding elements</p></li> <li><p>a checkbox <code>input</code> element (which we will hide)</p></li> <li><p>an empty label designed to represent the slider</p></li> <li><p>a text label that references the <code>input</code> </p> - <p>/* Main toggle parent container <em>/ /</em> Checkbox input, hidden with CSS <em>/ @@ -49,17 +40,11 @@ Toggle Switch </p></li> </ul> - <p>And that’s everything we need for the HTML.</p> - <p><strong>ProTip:</strong> Don’t forget to increment both the <code>id</code> and <code>for</code> attributes when adding additional toggles. This seems like a no-brainer but it’s overlooked more than you think.</p> - <h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> - <p>To get things started we will add the styling to the <code>.toggle-switch</code> item directly (using <code>flexbox</code> in this demo for easier layout).</p> - <p><strong>Sidenote</strong>: You will notice the inclusion of CSS variables in this demo - if you are unfamiliar with how to use root variables in CSS, take a look at one of my previous posts: CSS variables.</p> - <pre><code>:root { --primary-color: #4A90E2; } @@ -72,18 +57,14 @@ margin: 20px 0; } </code></pre> - <p>Next we will hide the default browser checkbox element since we won’t be needing it:</p> - <pre><code>.toggle-input { position: absolute; visibility: hidden; z-index: -1; } </code></pre> - <p>Let’s also add some base styling for the <code>label</code> containing the text corresponding to it’s <code>input</code> sibling:</p> - <pre><code>.toggle-label { color: #ccc; cursor: pointer; @@ -93,9 +74,7 @@ transition: ease all .3s; } </code></pre> - <p>Now we target the <code>.toggle-slider</code> label and add the styling for the main slider base:</p> - <pre><code>/* This is just the main slider base */ .toggle-slider { background: #eee; @@ -111,9 +90,7 @@ width: 40px; } </code></pre> - <p>We <em>could</em> include a separate element for the circle toggle switcher itself, but instead we will use the <code>:before</code> pseudo element:</p> - <pre><code>.toggle-slider:before { background: white; border-radius: 9999px; @@ -128,11 +105,8 @@ width: 16px; } </code></pre> - <h3 id="interaction">Interaction</h3> - <p>Right now we just have a static toggle that does nothing when the user interacts with it. Let’s change that by moving the pseudo element’s position based on the checkbox <code>input</code> state and updating the label text color:</p> - <pre><code>.toggle-input:checked + .toggle-slider { background: var(--primary-color); } @@ -145,15 +119,10 @@ color: var(--primary-color); } </code></pre> - <p>And because we already included the <code>transition</code> property on both the base slider and label text, everything animates nicely between state changes.</p> - <h2 id="final-code">Final code</h2> - <p>To make things easier, you can find the HTML & CSS is their entirety below:</p> - <h3 id="html">HTML</h3> - <pre><code><div class="toggle-switch"> <input class="toggle-input" type="checkbox" id="toggle-1"> <label class="toggle-slider" for="toggle-1"></label> @@ -175,9 +144,7 @@ <label class="toggle-label" for="toggle-4">Toggle Switch</label> </div> </code></pre> - <h3 id="the-css-1">The CSS</h3> - <pre><code>:root { --primary-color: #4A90E2; } @@ -237,7 +204,6 @@ color: var(--primary-color); } </code></pre> - <p>Enjoy your custom toggles!</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |