Checkbox Cannot Be Clicked - Custom Css

Question

I have a checkbox, although when clicked it does nothing, the css seems to be correct unless something has changed. It has a class appended to it.

This works when I remove the css although I think there is an error somewhere on the 'after'

• Please see on JSFiddle *

https://jsfiddle.net/bLg5juxd/

.form-flat-radio,
.form-flat-checkbox {
  margin: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
}

.dh-ie .form-flat-radio,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox {
  padding: 0;
}

.form-flat-radio input,
.form-flat-checkbox input {
  left: -9999px;
  position: absolute;
}

.dh-ie .form-flat-radio input,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox input {
  position: relative;
  left: auto;
}

.form-flat-radio i,
.form-flat-checkbox i {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  display: block;
  height: 17px;
  left: 0;
  outline: medium none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 5px;
  border-color: #d5d5d5;
  width: 17px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -8.5px;
  color: #1e1e1e;
}

.dh-ie .form-flat-radio i,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox i {
  display: none;
}

.form-flat-radio i:after,
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  -webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
}

<div class="form-flat-checkbox pull-left">
  <input type="checkbox" name="rememberme" id="rememberme" value="forever"><i></i>&nbsp;Remember Me
</div>

Answer 1

You need to wrap your custom input and text in a label with the for attribute set.

<div class="form-flat-checkbox pull-left">
   <input type="checkbox" name="rememberme" id="rememberme" value="forever">
   <label for="rememberme">
     <i></i>&nbsp;Remember Me
   </label>
</div>

In this case, you can also change the styling of the button to display: none;. I personally prefer this method over moving it off the page. Additionally, this provides the benefit of pressing the text to trigger the checkbox as well.

.form-flat-radio input,
.form-flat-checkbox input {
  display: none;
}

See: https://jsfiddle.net/bLg5juxd/4/

.form-flat-radio,
.form-flat-checkbox {
  margin: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox {
  padding: 0;
}
.form-flat-radio input,
.form-flat-checkbox input {
  display: none;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio input,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox input {
  position: relative;
  left: auto;
}
.form-flat-radio i,
.form-flat-checkbox i {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  display: block;
  height: 17px;
  left: 0;
  outline: medium none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 5px;
  border-color: #d5d5d5;
  width: 17px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -8.5px;
  color: #1e1e1e;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio i,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox i {
  display: none;
}
.form-flat-radio i:after,
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  -webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
}
.form-flat-radio input:checked + i:after,
.form-flat-checkbox input:checked + i:after {
  opacity: 1;
  background-color: red;
}
.form-flat-radio i {
  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.form-flat-radio i:after {
  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  content: "";
  height: 7px;
  left: 4px;
  top: 4px;
  line-height: 1;
  width: 7px;
  position: absolute;
  background: #1e1e1e;
}
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  content: "\f00c";
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: "FontAwesome";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  text-decoration: inherit;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
  speak: none;
}
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  font-size: 12px;
  height: 17px;
  left: -1px;
  text-align: center;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  -o-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  transform: translate(0, -50%);
  margin-top: 2px;
  width: 17px;
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  line-height: 1;
}

<div class="form-flat-checkbox pull-left">
   <input type="checkbox" name="rememberme" id="rememberme" value="forever">
   <label for="rememberme">
     <i></i>&nbsp;Remember Me
   </label>
</div>

Answer 2

you just need wrap your text with label tag it'll work

<label for="rememberme">Remember Me</label>

.form-flat-radio,
.form-flat-checkbox {
  margin: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: block;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox {
  padding: 0;
}
.form-flat-radio input,
.form-flat-checkbox input {
  left: -9999px;
  position: absolute;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio input,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox input {
  position: relative;
  left: auto;
}
.form-flat-radio i,
.form-flat-checkbox i {
  background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fff;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  display: block;
  height: 17px;
  left: 0;
  outline: medium none;
  position: absolute;
  top: 5px;
  border-color: #d5d5d5;
  width: 17px;
  top: 50%;
  margin-top: -8.5px;
  color: #1e1e1e;
}
.dh-ie .form-flat-radio i,
.dh-ie .form-flat-checkbox i {
  display: none;
}
.form-flat-radio i:after,
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  -webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
  transition: opacity 0.1s ease 0s;
}
.form-flat-radio input:checked + i:after,
.form-flat-checkbox input:checked + i:after {
  opacity: 1;
  filter: alpha(opacity=100);
  background-color: red;
}
.form-flat-radio i {
  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
  border-radius: 50%;
}
.form-flat-radio i:after {
  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  content: "";
  height: 7px;
  left: 4px;
  top: 4px;
  line-height: 1;
  width: 7px;
  position: absolute;
  background: #1e1e1e;
}
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  content: "\f00c";
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: "FontAwesome";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  text-decoration: inherit;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
  speak: none;
}
.form-flat-checkbox i:after {
  font-size: 12px;
  height: 17px;
  left: -1px;
  text-align: center;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  -o-transform: translate(0, -50%);
  transform: translate(0, -50%);
  margin-top: 2px;
  width: 17px;
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
  line-height: 1;
}

<div class="form-flat-checkbox pull-left">
   <input type="checkbox" name="rememberme" id="rememberme" value="forever"><i></i>&nbsp;<label for="rememberme">Remember Me</label>
            </div>