How to strike through text when checking a Checkbox using HTML CSS and JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 28 Apr, 2025

In this article, we will learn how to apply strikethrough to a paragraph text when a checkbox is selected using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This is an interactive user-friendly effect and can be used on any web page. Here, we have included a code that simply creates a card with a checkbox, when you click on the checkbox, your text will immediately be strike-through.

Preview

Approach

Create a card using HTML tags and by using the <input> element of the type checkbox to display the icon and for writing text inside the card.
Add style through internal CSS inside <head> of the HTML file like various flex properties, box-shadow, color, etc. that give beautiful effects.
Get the element from the id using the getElementById() method and store it in a variable similarly get the element paragraph and store it in another variable. Then use an addEventListener of type change and specify the function that is executed.
Using the if condition check if the checkbox is checked then simply strike through the paragraph text and if the checkbox is unchecked then simply remove the strikethrough.

Example: This example describes the basic implementation of the striking through a particular paragraph text with a checkbox.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Strike through Text</title>
    <style>
        #checkbox:checked,
        p#textToStrike {
            text-decoration: line-through;
        }

        body {
            display: flex;
            justify-content: center;
            align-items: center;
            height: 100vh;
            flex-direction: column;
        }

        #heading {
            color: green;
        }

        .main {
            border: 2px solid green;
            padding: 40px;
            box-shadow: 0px 4.5px 5.5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
            border-radius: 15px;
            text-align: center;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h2 id=heading>
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h2>
    <div class="main">
        <label for="checkbox">
            <input type="checkbox"
                   id="checkbox">
            Scratch Text
        </label>
        <p id="TextToStrike">
            Let's strike this text for fun.
        </p>
    </div>
    <script>
        const checkbox =
            document.getElementById("checkbox");
        const textToCross =
            document.getElementById("TextToStrike");
            checkbox.addEventListener("change",
            function () {

                // If checked, strike through 
                // the paragraph text
                if (this.checked) {
                    textToCross.style.textDecoration =
                        "line-through";
                }

                // If unchecked, remove the strikethrough
                else {
                    textToCross.style.textDecoration = "none";
                }
            });
    </script>
</body>

</html>