ReactJS MDBootstrap Forms Checkbox Component

MDBootstrap is a Material Design and bootstrap-based react UI library that is used to make good-looking webpages with its seamless and easy-to-use component. In this article, we will know how to use Forms Checkbox Component in ReactJS MDBootstrap. A checkbox lets a user definitely choose a value from a limited number of choices in a subtle way.

Properties:

• className: It is used to add a custom class to the component
• name: It is used to specify the name for the component
• value: It is used to set the value for the component
• id: It is used to define an id for the component
• label: It is used to define a label text for the component
• labeled: It is used to define an id for the label
• labelClass: It is used to add custom classes to the label
• wrapperTag: It is used to define a tag type for the wrapper of the component
• wrapperClass: It is used to add custom classes to the wrapper of the component
• disabled: It is used to make the component disabled
• inline: It is used to place the component in one row
• defaultChecked: It is used to make the component checked by default
• btn: It is used to make a button from the component
• btnColor: It is used to allow to set the color of the button checkbox

Syntax:

<MDBCheckbox label='string' />

Creating React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. foldername, move to it using the following command.

cd foldername

Step 3: Install ReactJS MDBootstrap in your given directory.

npm i mdb-ui-kit
npm i mdb-react-ui-kit

Step 4: Import the element to be used in the project.

import { MDBCheckbox } from 'mdb-react-ui-kit'

Project Structure: It will look like the following.

Step to Run Application: Run the application from the root directory of the project, using the following command.

npm start

Example 1: This is the basic example that shows how to use Checkbox Component.

App.js

import React from "react";
import { MDBCheckbox } from "mdb-react-ui-kit";

export default function App() {
    return (
        <div id="gfg">
            <h2>GeeksforGeeks</h2>
            <h4>ReactJS MDBootstrap Checkbox component</h4>

            <MDBCheckbox inline name='gfg' id='gfgDefault'
                label='CheckBox Component' />
            <MDBCheckbox inline
                label='CheckBox Component (Disabled)' disabled />
        </div>
    );
}

Output:

Example 2: In this example, we will know how to use btn property in a Checkbox component.

App.js

import React from "react";
import { MDBCheckbox } from "mdb-react-ui-kit";

export default function App() {
    return (
        <div id="gfg">
            <h2>GeeksforGeeks</h2>
            <h4>ReactJS MDBootstrap Checkbox component</h4>

            <MDBCheckbox btn btnColor='danger' name='gfg'
                id='gfgDefault' label='CheckBox Component' />
            <br />
            <MDBCheckbox btn btnColor="warning" name='abc'
                id='abcDefault' label='CheckBox Component' />
        </div>
    );
}

Output:

Reference: https://mdbootstrap.com/docs/b5/react/forms/checkbox/