Checkbox

A simple checkbox widget which stores a boolean value.

Example

The example below shows checkboxes in various states.

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/checkbox.py"}
```

=== "checkbox.py"

```python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/checkbox.py"
```

=== "checkbox.css"

```sass
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/checkbox.css"
```

Name	Type	Default	Description
`value`	`bool`	`False`	The default value of the checkbox.

The checkbox widget defines directly the following bindings:

::: textual.widgets.Checkbox.BINDINGS options: show_root_heading: false show_root_toc_entry: false

The checkbox widget provides the following component classes:

::: textual.widgets.Checkbox.COMPONENT_CLASSES options: show_root_heading: false show_root_toc_entry: false