Problem
I recently had someone ask if it was possible to style radio buttons like a toggle switch in Gravity Forms. There is no built-in option for styling the radio button field type, but I found a solution with a bit of CSS.
This is an example of what they were looking for:
Solution
As mentioned, I was able to come up with a solution using some CSS and a custom CSS selector. This is what the end result looks like:
For this to work, follow these steps:
- Add your radio button field with two choices
- Set one of the choices as the default for each field
- Add the gf-toggle-switch CSS selector to the fields’ custom CSS input in the Appearance settings
- Add the CSS below to the Customizer or wherever you put your custom CSS
Custom CSS
/* ============================================
Gravity Forms Toggle Switch - Radio Field
Add class "gf-toggle-switch" to the radio field
Works with: Orbital theme + Legacy markup / 2.5 theme
Labels outside track, track & labels clickable
============================================ */
/* Scope for Orbital - override theme framework */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch {
display: flex !important;
flex-direction: column !important;
align-items: flex-start !important;
width: 100%;
}
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_label,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_label {
width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 8px;
text-align: left;
}
/* Toggle row: [Left label] [Track] [Right label] */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio {
display: flex !important;
flex-direction: row !important;
align-items: center;
position: relative;
gap: 12px;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: fit-content;
}
/* Flatten structure - override Orbital's default choice layout */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice {
display: contents !important;
margin: 0;
}
/* Hide radio inputs - both Orbital (.gfield-choice-input) and Legacy */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio input[type="radio"],
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio .gfield-choice-input,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio input[type="radio"],
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio .gfield-choice-input {
position: absolute !important;
opacity: 0 !important;
width: 0 !important;
height: 0 !important;
margin: 0 !important;
pointer-events: none !important;
clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0) !important;
appearance: none !important;
}
/* Disable Orbital's radio/checkbox pseudo-elements */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield-choice-input::before,
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield-choice-input::after,
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch input[type="radio"]::before,
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch input[type="radio"]::after {
display: none !important;
}
/* Left label */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child .gform-field-label,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child .gform-field-label {
order: 1;
padding: 6px 0;
margin: 0 !important;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 0.875rem;
flex-shrink: 0;
z-index: 1;
position: relative;
}
/* Extend Yes label click area over left half of track */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child .gform-field-label::before,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child .gform-field-label::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: -6px;
bottom: -6px;
right: -44px;
width: 44px;
z-index: -1;
}
/* Track (gray pill) - between the two labels */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child::after,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:first-child::after {
content: '';
order: 2;
flex-shrink: 0;
width: 56px;
height: 28px;
background-color: #e0e0e0;
border-radius: 999px;
}
/* Right label */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:last-child .gform-field-label,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:last-child .gform-field-label {
order: 3;
padding: 6px 0;
margin: 0 !important;
cursor: pointer;
font-size: 0.875rem;
flex-shrink: 0;
z-index: 1;
position: relative;
}
/* Extend No label click area over right half of track */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:last-child .gform-field-label::before,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gchoice:last-child .gform-field-label::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: -6px;
bottom: -6px;
left: -44px;
width: 44px;
z-index: -1;
}
/* Sliding knob - positioned over the track */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio::before,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio::before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
top: 50%;
left: calc(50% - 28px + 4px);
transform: translateY(-50%);
background: #fff;
border-radius: 50%;
box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
transition: transform 0.25s ease;
z-index: 2;
pointer-events: none;
}
/* Knob slides right when "No" (second choice) selected - Orbital & Legacy */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio:has(.gchoice:last-child input[type="radio"]:checked)::before,
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio:has(.gchoice:last-child .gfield-choice-input:checked)::before,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio:has(.gchoice:last-child input[type="radio"]:checked)::before,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield_radio:has(.gchoice:last-child .gfield-choice-input:checked)::before {
transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(28px);
}
/* Dim unselected label - Orbital & Legacy */
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch input[type="radio"]:not(:checked) + .gform-field-label,
.gform-theme--framework .gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield-choice-input:not(:checked) + .gform-field-label,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch input[type="radio"]:not(:checked) + .gform-field-label,
.gfield.gf-toggle-switch .gfield-choice-input:not(:checked) + .gform-field-label {
color: #9e9e9e;
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