Paper Material Design
<div class="paper-container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<div class="paper-checkmark">
<div class="paper-surface"></div>
<div class="paper-check">✓</div>
</div>
<span class="paper-label">Paper Design</span>
</div>About Paper Material Design
Paper Material Design is a checkbox built with transforms and layered shadows. Its stylesheet runs to 65 lines across 10 rules, declaring 23 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 paper and material 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 white, gray and blue, where this checkbox can be dropped in without retheming
- Places where one control is meant to be memorable, since 65 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. 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
Paper Material Design
<div class="paper-container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<div class="paper-checkmark">
<div class="paper-surface"></div>
<div class="paper-check">✓</div>
</div>
<span class="paper-label">Paper Design</span>
</div>What is inside Paper Material Design
Paper Material Design is a CSS checkbox built with transforms, layered shadows, defined in 65 lines across 10 selectors.
Techniques used
CSS properties in this component
align-itemsbackgroundborderborder-colorborder-radiusbox-shadowcolorcursordisplayfont-sizefont-weightgapheightinputinsetjustify-contentopacitypositiontransformtransitionuser-selectwidthz-indexAccessibility 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.