Switches 2.0 implementation

This article gives you all you need to implement v2.0 Gaia-style switches in your own app.

Live sample

The following gives you an idea of what the rendered switches would look like:

Code

Here is the code you'll need.

CSS

<link href="(your styles folder)/style/switches.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

The CSS can be found in the Gaia project 2.0 branch under shared/style/switches.css. Copy this into your own project, along with the associated resources.

HTML

Note: The CSS inside the <style> element isn't needed for the implementation: it is just for the purposes of this example.

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <link href="https://mdn.github.io/gaia-2.0-bb/switches.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  <link href="https://gaia-components.github.io/gaia-icons/gaia-icons-embedded.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
  <style>
    html, body {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      font-size: 10px;
      font-family: sans-serif;
      background-color: #fff;
    }
    body {
      background: none;
    }
    h2.bb-docs {
      font-size: 1.8rem;
      font-weight: lighter;
      color: #666;
      margin: -1px 0 0;
      background-color: #f5f5f5;
      padding: 0.4rem 0.4rem 0.4rem 3rem;
      border: solid 1px #e8e8e8;
    }
    label {
      margin-left: 2rem;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body role="application">
  <p dir="ltr">
    <label>
      <input type="checkbox"
        onchange="document.documentElement.dir = this.checked ? 'rtl' : 'ltr'">
      RTL mode
    </label>
  </p>
  <h2 class="bb-docs">Checkbox, commonly used in edit mode</h2>
  <label class="pack-checkbox">
    <input type="checkbox" checked>
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-checkbox">
    <input type="checkbox">
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-checkbox danger">
    <input type="checkbox" checked>
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-checkbox danger">
    <input type="checkbox">
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <h2 class="bb-docs">Radio, commonly used in settings</h2>
  <label class="pack-radio">
    <input type="radio" name="example" checked>
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-radio">
    <input type="radio" name="example">
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-radio danger">
    <input type="radio" name="example2" checked>
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <label class="pack-radio danger">
    <input type="radio" name="example2">
    <span></span>
  </label>
  <h2 class="bb-docs">Switch, commonly used in settings</h2>
  <label class="pack-switch">
    <input type="checkbox" checked>
    <span></span>
  </label>
 
  <label class="pack-switch">
    <input type="checkbox">
    <span></span>
  </label>
</body>
</html>

Live sample

Code

CSS

HTML

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