Custom Checkbox without label [duplicate] - css

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I have an a element that acts like a toggle button :
var container = document.getElementsByClassName("favorite");
for (var i = 0; i < container.length; i++) {
//For each element in the container array, add an onclick event.
container[i].onclick = function(event) {
this.classList.toggle('selected');
}
}
body {
background-color: #04246A;
}
.container {
position: relative;
width: 204px;
max-width: 204px;
height: 82px;
max-height: 82px;
padding: 24px;
background: #fff;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-between;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: black;
list-style: none;
border: 2px solid black;
}
.container .favorite {
position: absolute;
top: 10px;
right: 10px;
width: 40px;
height: 40px;
display: flex;
border-radius: 50%;
cursor: pointer;
}
.container .favorite:hover {
background: #D9DEEA;
}
.container .favorite::after {
z-index: 2;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
height: 20px;
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios/16/000000/star.png");
}
.container .favorite.selected::after {
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios-filled/16/000000/star.png");
}
.container dl {
margin: 0;
}
.container dl dt {
display: block;
font-size: 12px;
color: #6B7790;
}
.container dl dd {
margin: 0;
font-weight: normal;
color: #04246A;
}
<div class="container">
<a class="favorite"></a>
<dl>
<dt>Ref</dt>
<dd>XXX123</dd>
</dl>
</div>
I want to transform it to a checkbox, but the solutions I find are for a checkbox with a label, I only want to use the checkbox in my html without the label or some additional div, this is what I tried :
body {
background-color: #04246A;
}
.container {
position: relative;
width: 204px;
max-width: 204px;
height: 82px;
max-height: 82px;
padding: 24px;
background: #fff;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-between;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: black;
list-style: none;
border: 2px solid black;
}
input[type="checkbox"]{
height: 20px;
width: 20px;
position: absolute;
opacity: 1;
margin: auto;
height: 20px;
cursor: pointer;
top: 10px;
right: 10px;
}
input[type="checkbox"]::after{
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios/16/000000/star.png");
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-radius: 50%;
margin: auto;
height: 20px;
width: 20px;
pointer-events: none;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked:after {
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios-filled/16/000000/star.png");
}
input[type="checkbox"]:hover:after{
background: #D9DEEA;
}
.container dl {
margin: 0;
}
.container dl dt {
display: block;
font-size: 12px;
color: #6B7790;
}
.container dl dd {
margin: 0;
font-weight: normal;
color: #04246A;
}
<div class="container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<dl>
<dt>Ref</dt>
<dd>XXX123</dd>
</dl>
</div>
Which doesn't look good.
How can I fix this ? and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can add appearance:none to remove to checkbox appearance and set fixed height/width to checkbox and :after, changing :after to flex allows you to center the background.
body {
background-color: #04246A;
}
.container {
position: relative;
width: 204px;
max-width: 204px;
height: 82px;
max-height: 82px;
padding: 24px;
background: #fff;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: space-between;
box-sizing: border-box;
color: black;
list-style: none;
border: 2px solid black;
}
input[type="checkbox"]{
height: 40px;
width: 40px;
position: absolute;
opacity: 1;
margin: auto;
cursor: pointer;
top: 10px;
right: 10px;
appearance: none;
outline: none;
}
input[type="checkbox"]::after{
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios/16/000000/star.png");
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-radius: 50%;
margin: auto;
height: 40px;
width: 40px;
pointer-events: none;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
input[type="checkbox"]:checked:after {
content: url("https://img.icons8.com/ios-filled/16/000000/star.png");
}
input[type="checkbox"]:hover:after{
background: #D9DEEA;
}
.container dl {
margin: 0;
}
.container dl dt {
display: block;
font-size: 12px;
color: #6B7790;
}
.container dl dd {
margin: 0;
font-weight: normal;
color: #04246A;
}
<div class="container">
<input type="checkbox" />
<dl>
<dt>Ref</dt>
<dd>XXX123</dd>
</dl>
</div>