How to make Toggle button in CSS

Learn how to make a simple toggle button in HTML using CSS

In this tutorial we are going to make a toggle button in HTML by tweaking the style of checkbox and using some pseudo elements.

Lets begin

The HTML code

<label class="switch">
  <input type="checkbox">
  <span class="slider"></span>
</label>

The CSS code

.switch {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 60px;
  height: 34px;
}
.switch input {
  opacity: 0;
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
}
.slider {
  position: absolute;
  cursor: pointer;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  background-color: #ccc;
  border-radius: 34px;
  -webkit-transition: 0.4s;
  transition: 0.4s;
}
.slider:before {
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  height: 26px;
  width: 26px;
  left: 4px;
  bottom: 4px;
  background-color: white;
  border-radius: 50%;
  -webkit-transition: 0.4s;
  transition: 0.4s;
}
input:checked + .slider {
  background-color: #00ff00;
}
input:focus + .slider {
  box-shadow: 0 0 1px #2196f3;
}
input:checked + .slider:before {
  -webkit-transform: translateX(26px);
  -ms-transform: translateX(26px);
  transform: translateX(26px);
}

Demo

Click here to see the demo

Done

The tutorial is complete. Try to play around with the different properties.

Ask your doubts in the comment section.