Checkboxes

Specifications

• Checkboxes use the same :hover and :active styles as the primary Button when checked.

Behaviors

• Reflects the affirmative (“yes” or “true”) of its label when checked.
• Choices made via checkbox should always be submitted or saved using a Button.
• A checkbox’s label is included in the clickable target area.
• The default view of a set of checkboxes is having no option selected.

Editorial

• Checkbox labels may be capitalized in two ways, depending on their length and placement on the UI:
  • Use title case for short labels (fewer than 3 words) that are to the left or above a checkbox.
  • Use sentence case for longer labels (more than 3 words) that are placed to the right of a checkbox, especially if the label reads like a phrase.

Default

• Use full sentences with punctuation.
• If user is consenting to something, start the sentence with “I,” and also run the phrasing you choose by compliance.

Groups

• Use full sentences with punctuation for the checkbox group label.
• Try to keep checkbox labels brief and start them with verbs.