Checkbox
Checkbox control: a styled boolean toggle exposing checked as a level and onChange as an edge.
The Checkbox control renders a toggle with full style/state theming. checked is both an input (set programmatically) and an output level holding the current value; onChange fires on each user toggle. Interaction state (hoverState, pressedState, focusState) and enabled behave as on the other controls, with per-visual-state styling ports.
When to use it
Boolean choices the user flips directly: settings, consent, done flags. For one-of-many choices use Radio Buttons in a Radio Button Group; for an on/off in logic without UI, use a Switch node.
At a glance
| Category | Visual |
| Type name | net.noodl.controls.checkbox |
| Available in | browser |
| SSR compatibility | safe |
| Provided by | noodl-viewer-react |
Inputs
Values
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
alignX | Enum (left, center, right) | — | Horizontal alignment of this element within the space its parent gives it |
alignY | Enum (top, center, bottom) | — | Vertical alignment of this element within the space its parent gives it |
backgroundColor | Color | transparent | Fill colour of the box itself, behind the tick |
blockTouch | Boolean | — | Stops every pointer event that lands on this control from reaching the nodes it sits inside. Blunt: it takes hover and pointer-down with it, so reach for Click Bubbling first if it is only clicks you want to keep in |
borderBottomColor | Color | — | Colour of the bottom edge only, overriding Border Color |
borderBottomLeftRadius | Number | — | Rounds the bottom-left corner only, overriding Corner Radius |
borderBottomRightRadius | Number | — | Rounds the bottom-right corner only, overriding Corner Radius |
borderBottomStyle | Enum (none, solid, dotted, dashed) | — | Line style for the bottom edge only, overriding Border Style; None hides that edge |
borderBottomWidth | Number | — | Thickness of the bottom edge in pixels, and it adds to the element's size |
borderColor | Color | #000000 | Colour of the border, which has no effect while Border Style is None |
borderLeftColor | Color | — | Colour of the left edge only, overriding Border Color |
borderLeftStyle | Enum (none, solid, dotted, dashed) | — | Line style for the left edge only, overriding Border Style; None hides that edge |
borderLeftWidth | Number | — | Thickness of the left edge in pixels, and it adds to the element's size |
borderRadius | Number | 3 | Rounds all four corners, except any corner that sets its own radius |
borderRightColor | Color | — | Colour of the right edge only, overriding Border Color |
borderRightStyle | Enum (none, solid, dotted, dashed) | — | Line style for the right edge only, overriding Border Style; None hides that edge |
borderRightWidth | Number | — | Thickness of the right edge in pixels, and it adds to the element's size |
borderStyle | Enum (none, solid, dotted, dashed) | solid | Line style for all four edges; None hides the border and leaves Border Width and Color inactive |
borderTopColor | Color | — | Colour of the top edge only, overriding Border Color |
borderTopLeftRadius | Number | — | Rounds the top-left corner only, overriding Corner Radius |
borderTopRightRadius | Number | — | Rounds the top-right corner only, overriding Corner Radius |
borderTopStyle | Enum (none, solid, dotted, dashed) | — | Line style for the top edge only, overriding Border Style; None hides that edge |
borderTopWidth | Number | — | Thickness of the top edge in pixels, and it adds to the element's size |
borderWidth | Number | 2 | Thickness of the border in pixels, which adds to the element's size unless Box Sizing accounts for it |
boxShadowBlurRadius | Number | 5 | How soft the shadow edge is; 0 gives a hard edge |
boxShadowColor | Color | #00000033 | Colour of the shadow, including how transparent it is |
boxShadowEnabled | Boolean | false | Turns the drop shadow on |
boxShadowInset | Boolean | false | Draws the shadow inside the element instead of behind it |
boxShadowOffsetX | Number | 0 | How far to the right the shadow is cast from the element |
boxShadowOffsetY | Number | 0 | How far down the shadow is cast from the element |
boxShadowSpreadRadius | Number | 2 | How much larger than the element the shadow is drawn |
checked | Boolean | false | Sets whether the box is ticked; setting it from the graph does not fire Changed |
clickBubbling | Enum (auto, always, never) | auto | Whether a click on this control also fires Click on the nodes it sits inside. Automatic keeps it here as soon as this control's own Click is connected, so a Favourite button inside a clickable card runs Favourite and not the card; Always is the older behaviour where both run; Never keeps every click here, wired or not |
cssClassName | String | `` | Extra CSS class names to put on this element, for styling from a stylesheet you supply |
enabled | Boolean | true | Lets the user interact with this control; when off it still renders and occupies its space but ignores clicks, touches and typing |
height | Number | 32 | Height of the box |
iconColor | Color | #FFFFFF | Colour of the icon |
iconIconSource | Icon | — | Which glyph to show, picked from an installed icon set |
iconImageSource | Image | — | Image file to show instead of an icon-set glyph |
iconSize | Number | 16 | Height of the icon |
iconSourceType | Enum (image, icon) | icon | Whether the icon comes from an installed icon set or from an image file, which decides the source port below |
label | String | Label | Text shown on this element |
labelSpacing | Number | 10 | Gap between the label and the edges around it |
labelcolor | Color | — | Colour of the text itself, not of the element behind it |
labelfontFamily | Font | — | Typeface to render the text in, either a web-safe family name or a font file added to the project |
labelfontSize | Number | — | Height of the text, in pixels |
labelletterSpacing | Number | Auto | Extra space added between characters; leave as Auto to use the spacing built into the font |
labellineHeight | Number | Auto | Vertical space each line of text occupies; leave as Auto to follow the font |
labeltextStyle | TextStyle | None | Applies one of the project's saved text styles; the individual font ports below override whatever it sets |
labeltextTransform | Enum (none, uppercase, lowercase, capitalize) | none | Forces the text to upper case, lower case or capitalised without changing the underlying value |
marginBottom | Number | — | Space outside the element's bottom edge, between it and its neighbours |
marginLeft | Number | — | Space outside the element's left edge, between it and its neighbours |
marginRight | Number | — | Space outside the element's right edge, between it and its neighbours |
marginTop | Number | — | Space outside the element's top edge, between it and its neighbours |
mixBlendMode | Enum (normal, multiply, screen, overlay, darken, lighten, color-dodge, color-burn, hard-light, soft-light, difference, exclusion, hue, saturation, color, luminosity) | normal | How this element's colours blend with whatever is painted behind it |
mounted | Boolean | true | Removes the element from the page entirely when false, unlike Visible which leaves its space behind |
opacity | Number | 1 | How opaque this element is, from 0 for invisible to 1 for solid |
paddingBottom | Number | 0 | Space inside the element's bottom edge, between it and its content |
paddingLeft | Number | 0 | Space inside the element's left edge, between it and its content |
paddingRight | Number | 0 | Space inside the element's right edge, between it and its content |
paddingTop | Number | 0 | Space inside the element's top edge, between it and its content |
position | Enum (relative, absolute, sticky, fixed) | relative | How the element is placed: In Layout follows its siblings, Absolute ignores them, Sticky pins to the parent edge on overflow, Fixed stays put and takes no space |
styleCss | String | /* background-color: red; */ | Raw CSS declarations applied to this element, overriding the styling ports above |
transformOriginX | Number | 50 | Horizontal point the element rotates and scales around, as a fraction of its width |
transformOriginY | Number | 50 | Vertical point the element rotates and scales around, as a fraction of its height |
transformRotation | Number | 0 | Rotates the element clockwise in degrees, without affecting the layout |
transformScale | Number | 1 | Scales the element about its transform origin; 1 leaves it unscaled |
transformX | Number | 0 | Moves the element right after layout, without moving its siblings |
transformY | Number | 0 | Moves the element down after layout, without moving its siblings |
useIcon | Boolean | true | Shows an icon on this element |
useLabel | Boolean | false | Shows a text label on this element |
variant | String | — | Name of a saved variant of this node type to apply, replacing the styling set here |
visible | Boolean | true | Hides the element while keeping the space it occupies in the layout |
width | Number | 32 | Width of the box; the label sits beside it and is sized separately |
zIndex | Number | — | Paint order among overlapping siblings; higher numbers paint on top |
Signals
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
check | Signal | — | Ticks the box if it is not already ticked, then fires Done — or Unchanged if it already was. Does not fire Changed |
uncheck | Signal | — | Unticks the box if it is ticked, then fires Done — or Unchanged if it already was. Does not fire Changed |
Outputs
Values
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
boundingHeight | Number | — | Height this element actually ended up with after layout, in pixels |
boundingWidth | Number | — | Width this element actually ended up with after layout, in pixels |
checked | Boolean | — | Whether the box is currently ticked |
childIndex | Number | — | This element's position among its parent's children, counting from 0 |
enabled | Boolean | — | Reports back whether this control is currently accepting interaction, following the Enabled input |
focusState | Boolean | — | True while this control holds keyboard focus, so typing and Enter go to it |
hoverState | Boolean | — | True while the pointer is over this control; stays false on touch devices with no pointer |
pressedState | Boolean | — | True while a mouse button or finger is held down on this control, and false again the moment it is released or slides off |
screenPositionX | Number | — | Distance in pixels from the left edge of the window to this element's left edge |
screenPositionY | Number | — | Distance in pixels from the top edge of the window to this element's top edge |
this | Reference | — | A reference to this node itself, for ports that take a node rather than a value |
Signals
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
completed | Signal | — | Fires after every invocation, whatever the outcome — wire this to carry on regardless. Failure still fires and still carries its reason, so this cannot hide an error |
didMount | Signal | — | Fires once this element has been added to the page and can be measured |
done | Signal | — | Fires when Check or Uncheck actually flipped the box |
hoverEnd | Signal | — | Fires when the pointer leaves this control, including when it leaves while a button is still held |
hoverStart | Signal | — | Fires when the pointer moves onto this control |
onBlur | Signal | — | Fires when keyboard focus leaves this control, which is the usual place to validate what was entered |
onChange | Signal | — | Fires when the user ticks or unticks the box; the Checked input and the Check/Uncheck actions do not fire it |
onFocus | Signal | — | Fires the moment this control takes keyboard focus, whether from a click, a tab or a Focus action |
pointerDown | Signal | — | Fires as a mouse button or finger goes down on this control, before any click has completed |
pointerUp | Signal | — | Fires when the mouse button or finger is lifted, and also when a touch is cancelled by the system |
unchanged | Signal | — | Fires when the box was already in that state, so nothing was flipped and Changed did not fire |
willUnmount | Signal | — | Fires just before this element is removed from the page, while it still exists |
Dynamic ports
This node's port list changes at runtime (declared-port-groups); the tables above may be incomplete for a given instance.
Declares conditional/expandable port groups whose visibility depends on parameter values (see declaredPortGroups).
| Condition | Inputs shown | Outputs shown |
|---|---|---|
| useIcon = true OR useIcon NOT SET | iconSourceType, iconSize | — |
| #js (params.useIcon===true || params.useIcon===undefined) && params.iconSourceType === 'image' | iconImageSource | — |
| #js (params.useIcon===true || params.useIcon===undefined) && params.iconSourceType === 'icon' | iconIconSource, iconColor | — |
| useLabel = true | label, labeltextStyle, labelfontFamily, labelfontSize, labelcolor, labelletterSpacing, labellineHeight, labeltextTransform, labelSpacing | — |
| borderStyle = solid OR borderStyle = dashed OR borderStyle = dotted OR borderStyle NOT SET | borderWidth, borderColor | — |
| borderLeftStyle = solid OR borderLeftStyle = dashed OR borderLeftStyle = dotted OR borderStyle = solid OR borderStyle = dashed OR borderStyle = dotted OR borderStyle NOT SET | borderLeftWidth, borderLeftColor | — |
| borderTopStyle = solid OR borderTopStyle = dashed OR borderTopStyle = dotted OR borderStyle = solid OR borderStyle = dashed OR borderStyle = dotted OR borderStyle NOT SET | borderTopWidth, borderTopColor | — |
| borderRightStyle = solid OR borderRightStyle = dashed OR borderRightStyle = dotted OR borderStyle = solid OR borderStyle = dashed OR borderStyle = dotted OR borderStyle NOT SET | borderRightWidth, borderRightColor | — |
| borderBottomStyle = solid OR borderBottomStyle = dashed OR borderBottomStyle = dotted OR borderStyle = solid OR borderStyle = dashed OR borderStyle = dotted OR borderStyle NOT SET | borderBottomWidth, borderBottomColor | — |
| boxShadowEnabled = true | boxShadowOffsetX, boxShadowOffsetY, boxShadowInset, boxShadowBlurRadius, boxShadowSpreadRadius, boxShadowColor | — |
Ports at runtime
Declared-port-groups: label ports appear when the label is enabled, and each visual state (hover, pressed, disabled, focused) adds state-scoped styling ports. The catalog list is the superset the editor filters by current parameters.
Patterns
checked→ Set Object Properties value +onChange→ itsstore: level carries the data, edge commits it.
Examples
Repeater item writes back to its own record object
Inside a Repeater item component, Repeater Item (For Each Actions) exposes itemId — the id of this row's object. Wiring it into Set Object Properties (SetModelProperties) modelId makes the write target exactly this row: toggling the checkbox stores done on the row's object, and every other node bound to that object updates. The row never needs to know which list it belongs to.
Settings form: the standard input controls bound to values
One of each core control: Text Input's live string comes out of onTextChanged, Checkbox exposes checked (level) plus onChange (edge), Dropdown (net.noodl.controls.options) takes an items list and emits the selected value, Slider (net.noodl.controls.range) emits a numeric value between min/max, and a Radio Button Group reports the value of whichever child Radio Button is selected. Values flow into a live summary — no submit step needed for value binding.
Related nodes
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