You can style checkboxes with a little trickery using the label element an example is below:
.checkbox > input[type=checkbox] { visibility: hidden; } .checkbox { position: relative; display: block; width: 80px; height: 26px; margin: 0 auto; background: #FFF; border: 1px solid #2E2E2E; border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; } .checkbox:after { position: absolute; display: inline; right: 10px; content: 'no'; color: #E53935; font: 12px/26px Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-transform: capitalize; z-index: 0; } .checkbox:before { position: absolute; display: inline; left: 10px; content: 'yes'; color: #43A047; font: 12px/26px Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-transform: capitalize; z-index: 0; } .checkbox label { position: absolute; display: block; top: 3px; left: 3px; width: 34px; height: 20px; background: #2E2E2E; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.5s linear; -webkit-transition: all 0.5s linear; -moz-transition: all 0.5s linear; border-radius: 2px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; z-index: 1; } .checkbox input[type=checkbox]:checked + label { left: 43px; } <div class="checkbox"> <input id="checkbox1" type="checkbox" value="1" /> <label for="checkbox1"></label> </div> And a FIDDLE for the above code. Note that some CSS doesn't work in older versions of browsers, but I'm sure there are some fancy JavaScript examples out there!