Arcade Button Checkbox
<div class="arcade-checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" id="arcade" class="hidden" />
<label for="arcade" class="arcade-label">Arcade Button</label>
</div>About Arcade Button Checkbox
Arcade Button Checkbox is a checkbox built with gradient fills, transforms, layered shadows and pseudo elements. Its stylesheet runs to 54 lines across 7 rules, declaring 21 distinct properties. It styles checked state explicitly, so the component responds to interaction rather than sitting still. Every format shown on this page is the same component, so you can take HTML, CSS and Tailwind depending on how your project is set up. Nothing is minified and nothing depends on a framework.
When to use
- Settings panels and forms, where state has to read at a glance, where a retro and arcade checkbox fits the surrounding design
- Repeated use across a page, since there is no animation to become tiring when several appear together
- Palettes built around red, yellow and blue, where this checkbox can be dropped in without retheming
- Places where one control is meant to be memorable, since 54 lines of CSS is a real investment for a single element
How it works
The base rule sets the shape with border-radius, display, height and position. The fill is a gradient rather than a flat colour, so it is a single background declaration with no image to load. A pseudo element carries part of the effect, which keeps the markup to one element while giving the CSS a second surface to animate. Movement is done with transforms rather than by changing position or size, which is what keeps it smooth: transforms are composited and do not force the browser to lay the page out again. State changes are eased with a transition, so hovering does not snap.
Accessibility
Built on a native <input> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes. No focus style is defined. Add one before shipping, or keyboard users lose track of position. That is one thing to fix before this ships in front of users.
Browser support
Everything this component uses has been supported across browsers for years, so no fallback is needed.
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Frequently asked questions
Arcade Button Checkbox
<div class="arcade-checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" id="arcade" class="hidden" />
<label for="arcade" class="arcade-label">Arcade Button</label>
</div>What is inside Arcade Button Checkbox
Arcade Button Checkbox is a CSS checkbox built with gradient fills, transforms, layered shadows, defined in 54 lines across 7 selectors.
Techniques used
CSS properties in this component
align-itemsbackgroundborderborder-colorborder-radiusbox-shadowcolorcontentcursordisplayfont-weightgapheightleftopacitypadding-leftpositiontoptransformtransitionwidthAccessibility check1 to fix
- Built on a native <input> element, so keyboard focus and screen reader semantics work without extra attributes.
- No focus style is defined. Add one before shipping, or keyboard users lose track of position.
These notes are generated by reading this component's own source, so they describe what it actually does rather than what a template says. Copy the code above in HTML, CSS, Tailwind and adapt it freely.