Choice Group

Style native checkbox and radio fieldsets. CSS only

<fieldset class="ui-choice-group">
  <legend class="ui-label">Notifications</legend>

  <label class="ui-choice" for="notifications-product">
    <input class="ui-checkbox" id="notifications-product" name="notifications" type="checkbox" value="product" checked>
    <span data-ui-part="body">
      <span data-ui-part="title">Product updates</span>

    </span>
  </label>
  <label class="ui-choice" for="notifications-security">
    <input class="ui-checkbox" id="notifications-security" name="notifications" type="checkbox" value="security" checked>
    <span data-ui-part="body">
      <span data-ui-part="title">Security notices</span>

    </span>
  </label>

</fieldset>

Install

import '@timelessui/components/css/tokens.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/forms.css'
import '@timelessui/components/css/choice-group.css'

Anatomy

Parts are authored in your own markup and identified by the selector below, so your CSS can target the same anatomy without loading Timeless styles. Required parts must be present for the component to work. Private data-ui-internal-* hooks are written by the runtime and must never be authored.

ui-choice-group

Part	Required	Selector	Purpose
`description`	No	`[data-ui-part~='description']`	Group-level help text under the legend.
`error`	No	`[data-ui-part~='error']`	Group-level validation message.

ui-choice

Part	Required	Selector	Purpose
`body`	No	`[data-ui-part~='body']`	Wrapper for the title and description beside the control.
`title`	No	`[data-ui-part~='title']`	The choice label text.
`description`	No	`[data-ui-part~='description']`	Supporting copy under the choice label.

Attributes

Every value below is implemented by the stylesheets this component ships. Boolean attributes are presence-based: author the attribute with no value, or omit it.

ui-choice-group

Attribute	Values	Default	Description
`data-ui-orientation`	`vertical` · `horizontal`	`vertical`	Layout direction of the choices.
`data-ui-density`	`compact` · `normal` · `spacious`	`normal`	Gap between choices.

ui-choice

Attribute	Values	Default	Description
`data-ui-density`	`compact` · `normal` · `spacious`	`normal`	Gap between the control and its label.

State

Native attributes, ARIA, and platform pseudo-classes are authoritative. Style state through the selectors below rather than adding your own state classes.

State	Source	How to express it
`invalid`	aria	Set `aria-invalid="true"` on the `<fieldset>` and describe the error.
`invalid`	native	Native `:invalid`, or `aria-invalid="true"`.
`disabled`	native	Native `disabled`.

Styling

Root identity: ui-choice-group, ui-choice, ui-checkbox, ui-radio. Required stylesheets: tokens.css, forms.css, choice-group.css.

This component adds no custom properties of its own. Restyle it through the design tokens or your own CSS.

Design tokens this component reads (26)

These are global Atmosphere tokens. Change them once at the theme level rather than per component.

--ui-accent · --ui-bg-control · --ui-bg-control-muted · --ui-bg-surface · --ui-bg-surface-subtle · --ui-danger · --ui-danger-soft · --ui-disabled-opacity · --ui-duration-fast · --ui-ease-standard · --ui-fg · --ui-fg-muted · --ui-fg-subtle · --ui-focus · --ui-line · --ui-line-strong · --ui-radius-md · --ui-radius-pill · --ui-radius-sm · --ui-shadow-control · --ui-shadow-inset · --ui-space-1 · --ui-space-2 · --ui-space-3 · --ui-space-4 · --ui-space-5

Accessibility

Keep the native elements, roles, and relationships shown in the example. Timeless adds only the state and keyboard coordination the platform does not already provide, and it never supplies your accessible names — those depend on your content.

Before JavaScript runs

This primitive is CSS only. There is nothing to register and nothing to wait for.

More examples

Open Choice Group in StoryLite for variants, controls, and manual testing.