Compact Wave Checkbox
<label class="compact-wave-container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<div class="compact-wave-checkmark">
<div class="compact-wave-fill"></div>
<div class="compact-wave-check">✓</div>
</div>
</label>About Compact Wave Checkbox
Compact Wave Checkbox is a checkbox built from plain CSS, with no animation or generated content involved. Its stylesheet runs to 51 lines across 8 rules, declaring 22 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 compact and wave 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 emerald and teal, where this checkbox can be dropped in without retheming
- Places where one control is meant to be memorable, since 51 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. State changes are eased with a transition, so hovering does not snap.
Accessibility
Built on a native <label> 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
Compact Wave Checkbox
<label class="compact-wave-container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<div class="compact-wave-checkmark">
<div class="compact-wave-fill"></div>
<div class="compact-wave-check">✓</div>
</div>
</label>What is inside Compact Wave Checkbox
Compact Wave Checkbox is a CSS checkbox built from plain CSS with no animation, defined in 51 lines across 8 selectors.
Techniques used
CSS properties in this component
align-itemsbackgroundborderborder-colorborder-radiusbottomcolorcursordisplayfont-sizeheightinputjustify-contentleftopacityoverflowpositionrighttransitionuser-selectwidthz-indexAccessibility check1 to fix
- Built on a native <label> 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.