We use the appearance property to style an element according to the platform-native style of the user’s operating system.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS appearance property is as follows −
Selector { appearance: /*value*/; -webkit-appearance: /*value*/; /*for Safari and Chrome */ -moz-appearance: /*value*/; /*for Firefox */ }
Example
The following examples illustrate CSS appearance property.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <style> input[type=checkbox] { appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; -moz-appearance: none; padding: 12px; background-color: cyan; box-shadow: inset 0 3px 3px 5px lightgreen; border-radius:50%; } input[type=checkbox]:checked { background-color: coral; border: 6px solid cornflowerblue; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px lightorange; } input[type=checkbox]:checked:after { content:"Checked"; } </style> <body> <input type="checkbox"> Custom Checkbox Example </body> </html>
This gives the following output
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <style> input[type=checkbox] { appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; -moz-appearance: none; padding: 10px; background-color: cyan; border-radius:5%; } input[type=checkbox]:checked { background-color: magenta; } input[type=checkbox]:checked:before { content:"\2713"; color: white; padding: initial; font-weight: bold; } </style> <body> <input type="checkbox"> Another Custom Checkbox Example </body> </html>
This gives the following output