--- title: Style custom checkboxes on HubSpot forms description: This post contains CSS styling for customising checkboxes on forms on your HubSpot website. image: https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubfs/HubSpot%20Website%20Development%20Post%20Images/HubSpot%20subscribe%20form%20markup.jpg --- [Skip to Content](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/style-custom-checkboxes-on-hubspot-forms#main-content) [![Stephanie O'Gay Garcia](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubfs/Logos/stephanieogaygarcia_logo.svg "Stephanie O'Gay Garcia")](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/) Open Navigation - [About](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/about) - [Services](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/services) - [Products](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/shop) - [Work](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/portfolio-work) - [Blog](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development) - [Contact](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/contact) - [About](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/about) - [Services](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/services) - [Products](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/shop) - [Work](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/portfolio-work) - [Blog](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development) - [Contact](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/contact) [HubSpot Sprocket Icon HubSpot Website Development ](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development) [forms](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/tag/forms) # Style custom checkboxes on HubSpot forms Technical Difficulty: Advanced Written by [ Stephanie O'Gay Garcia ](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/author/stephanie-ogay-garcia) First Published: October 28, 2019 Last Updated: October 28, 2019 ⚠️ Note that this post hasn't been updated for at least a year and the information may be outdated, proceed with caution! *(Last updated: October 28, 2019)* When you use a Form module on your HubSpot website, the markup for your checkboxes will look something like this: ![HubSpot form with checkboxes markup](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HubSpot%20Website%20Development%20Post%20Images/HubSpot%20form%20with%20checkboxes%20markup.jpg?width=1109&name=HubSpot%20form%20with%20checkboxes%20markup.jpg) For simplicity, the above is a form module within a "page-center" container using only the default styling from the original [HubSpot Boilerplate CSS](https://designers.hubspot.com/docs/tools/boilerplate-css).  ## Stack the checkboxes horizontally One thing you may want to do is to stack the checkboxes from left to right. You can do this using Flexbox, like this:  `ul.inputs-list.multi-container {   display: flex;   flex-direction: row;   align-items: center; }`![Stack checkboxes using flexbox](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HubSpot%20Website%20Development%20Post%20Images/Stack%20checkboxes%20using%20flexbox.jpg?width=400&name=Stack%20checkboxes%20using%20flexbox.jpg)   or using a Float (set a clear to the next field or button to prevent it from stacking up as well):  `ul.inputs-list.multi-container li {   float: left; } .hs_submit.hs-submit {   clear: both; }` ![Stack checkboxes using float](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HubSpot%20Website%20Development%20Post%20Images/Stack%20checkboxes%20using%20float.jpg?width=400&name=Stack%20checkboxes%20using%20float.jpg)   **Note:** both of the snippets above will style all radio and checkbox elements on your site, so you'll probably want to add a more specific class to that to target specific forms. ## Change the checkbox styling Another thing you may want to do is set a different styling to your checkbox. Because you can't style checkboxes this is usually done by hiding the actual checkbox and adding in a fake one using a span in the markup (see an example [here](https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_custom_checkbox.asp)).  In HubSpot the radio button markup looks like this (I've stripped it down for simplicity):  `` We can use CSS to hide the default input element above and then use pseudo-selectors on the span element to create the checkbox and the checkmark that appears on click:  `/* Custom Input */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox {   margin: 16px 0; } ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label {   position: relative; } ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label span { display: inline-block;   margin-left: 40px; /* Width of the new radio select and any additional spacing on the left */   margin-right: 16px; /* Additional spacing on the right */ } /* Hide the original checkbox */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label input {   height: 24px;   left: 0;   opacity: 0;   position: absolute;   top: 0;   width: 24px; } /* Add new checkbox */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label span::before {   border: 2px solid;   content: "";   height: 24px;   left: 0;   position: absolute;   top: 0;   width: 24px;   border-radius: 4px; } /* Style new checked item */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label span::after {   content: "";   border: 4px solid;   border-left: 0;   border-top: 0;   height: 16px;   left: 8px;   opacity: 0;   position: absolute;   top: 2px;   transform: rotate(45deg);   transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out;   width: 8px; } /* Show when checked */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label input:checked + span::after {   opacity: 1; } /* Style when focused */ ul.inputs-list.multi-container li.hs-form-checkbox label input:focus + span::after {   outline: 3px solid transparent; /* For Windows high contrast mode. */ }` The above snippet looks something like this which you can preview [here](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/example-custom-checkboxes):  ![HubSpot blog subscribe form with custom checkboxes](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HubSpot%20Website%20Development%20Post%20Images/HubSpot%20blog%20subscribe%20form%20with%20custom%20checkboxes.jpg?width=400&name=HubSpot%20blog%20subscribe%20form%20with%20custom%20checkboxes.jpg) You can play around with the above styling to customise this further: change the border size on the checkbox or the checkmark, change the checkmark's positioning... etc.   **To learn about customising radio buttons on HubSpot, you can read [this post](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/style-custom-radio-buttons-on-hubspot-forms).** If you found this helpful, buy me a coffee! ❤️ ←  Previous Article [Style custom radio buttons on HubSpot forms](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/style-custom-radio-buttons-on-hubspot-forms) Next Article  → [Center align a HubSpot form submit button](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/hubspot-website-development/center-align-a-hubspot-form-submit-button) Contact ## Get help from a HubSpot CMS Expert - Custom HubSpot themes and reusable and easy-to-use HubSpot templates and modules - Technical support and guidance on the HubSpot CMS [ Tell me about your project ](https://www.stephanieogaygarcia.com/project-details) ##### Contact Need help with a HubSpot CMS project? 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