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<div class="container">
<div class="row text-center">
<br>
<br>
<h1>Badgebox: CSS only checkbox badge!</h1>
<h2>Works on Bootstrap 2.3.2 and up</h2>
<br>
<label for="default" class="btn btn-default">Default <span class="badge">✓</span> <input type="checkbox" id="default" class="badgebox"></label>
</div>
</div>
/* Hiding the checkbox, but allowing it to be focused */
.badgebox
{
opacity: 0;
}
.badgebox + .badge
{
/* Move the check mark away when unchecked */
text-indent: -999999px;
/* Makes the badge's width stay the same checked and unchecked */
width: 27px;
}
.badgebox:focus + .badge
{
/* Set something to make the badge looks focused */
/* This really depends on the application, in my case it was: */
/* Adding a light border */
box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 5px;
/* Taking the difference out of the padding */
}
.badgebox:checked + .badge
{
/* Move the check mark back when checked */
text-indent: 0;
}