@material/radio

What is @material/radio?

@material/radio is a Material Design radio button component for the web. It provides a set of customizable radio buttons that adhere to the Material Design guidelines, ensuring a consistent and visually appealing user interface.

What are @material/radio's main functionalities?

Basic Radio Button

This code sample demonstrates a basic radio button using the @material/radio package. It includes the necessary HTML structure and CSS classes to create a Material Design radio button.

<div class="mdc-form-field">
  <div class="mdc-radio">
    <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-1" name="radios" checked>
    <div class="mdc-radio__background">
      <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
      <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <label for="radio-1">Radio 1</label>
</div>

Disabled Radio Button

This code sample shows how to create a disabled radio button using the @material/radio package. The 'disabled' attribute is added to the input element to make the radio button non-interactive.

<div class="mdc-form-field">
  <div class="mdc-radio">
    <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-2" name="radios" disabled>
    <div class="mdc-radio__background">
      <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
      <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <label for="radio-2">Radio 2 (Disabled)</label>
</div>

Custom Styling

This code sample demonstrates how to apply custom styling to a radio button using the @material/radio package. Custom CSS is used to change the color of the radio button's outer circle and inner circle.

<style>
  .custom-radio .mdc-radio__background {
    border-color: #ff5722;
  }
  .custom-radio .mdc-radio__inner-circle {
    background-color: #ff5722;
  }
</style>
<div class="mdc-form-field custom-radio">
  <div class="mdc-radio">
    <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-3" name="radios">
    <div class="mdc-radio__background">
      <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
      <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <label for="radio-3">Custom Styled Radio</label>
</div>

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README

Radio Buttons

The MDC Radio Button component provides a radio button adhering to the Material Design Specification. It requires no Javascript out of the box, but can be enhanced with Javascript to provide better interaction UX as well as a component-level API for state modification.

Design & API Documentation

• Material Design guidelines: Selection Controls – Radio buttons
• Demo

Installation

npm install --save @material/radio

Usage

<div class="mdc-radio">
  <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-1" name="radios" checked>
  <div class="mdc-radio__background">
    <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
    <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
  </div>
</div>
<label id="radio-1-label" for="radio-1">Radio 1</label>

<div class="mdc-radio">
  <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-2" name="radios">
  <div class="mdc-radio__background">
    <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
    <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
  </div>
</div>
<label id="radio-2-label" for="radio-2">Radio 2</label>

TODO(TK): Talk about mdc-form-field here.

Disabled Radios

<div class="mdc-radio mdc-radio--disabled">
  <input class="mdc-radio__native-control" type="radio" id="radio-1" name="radios" disabled>
  <div class="mdc-radio__background">
    <div class="mdc-radio__outer-circle"></div>
    <div class="mdc-radio__inner-circle"></div>
  </div>
</div>
<label id="radio-1-label" for="radio-1">Disabled Radio 1</label>

Note that mdc-radio--disabled is necessary on the root element in order to avoid having the ripple elements intercept pointer events when using JS. When using the CSS-only variation, this is also necessary to prevent hover states from activating.

Using the JS Component

MDC Radio ships with Component / Foundation classes which provide enhanced interaction UX via mdc-ripple, as well as APIs for programmatically altering the radio's state.

Including in code

ES2015

import {MDCRadio, MDCRadioFoundation} from '@material/radio';

CommonJS

const mdcRadio = require('mdc-radio');
const MDCRadio = mdcRadio.MDCRadio;
const MDCRadioFoundation = mdcRadio.MDCRadioFoundation;

AMD

require(['path/to/mdc-radio'], mdcRadio => {
  const MDCRadio = mdcRadio.MDCRadio;
  const MDCRadioFoundation = mdcRadio.MDCRadioFoundation;
});

Global

const MDCRadio = mdc.radio.MDCRadio;
const MDCRadioFoundation = mdc.radio.MDCRadioFoundation;

Automatic Instantiation

If you do not care about retaining the component instance for the radio, simply call attachTo() and pass it a DOM element.

mdc.radio.MDCRadio.attachTo(document.querySelector('.mdc-radio'));

Manual Instantiation

Radios can easily be initialized using their default constructors as well, similar to attachTo.

import {MDCRadio} from '@material/radio';

const radio = new MDCRadio(document.querySelector('.mdc-radio'));

MDCRadio API

Similar to regular DOM elements, the MDCRadio functionality is exposed through accessor methods.

MDCRadio.checked

Boolean. Proxies to the foundation's isChecked/setChecked methods when retrieved/set respectively.

MDCRadio.disabled

Boolean. Proxies to the foundation's isDisabled/setDisabled methods when retrieved/set respectively.

MDCRadio.value

String. Proxies to the foundation's getValue/setValue methods when retrieved/set respectively.

Using the Foundation Class

Since MDC Radio is primarily driven by its native control, the adapter API is extremely simple.

Method Signature	Description
getNativeControl() => HTMLInputElement?	Returns the native radio control, if available. Note that if this control is not available, the methods that rely on it will exit gracefully.
addClass(className: string) => void	Adds a class to the root element.
removeClass(className: string) => void	Removes a class from the root element.

The full foundation API

MDCRadioFoundation.isChecked() => boolean

Returns the value of adapter.getNativeControl().checked. Returns false if getNativeControl() does not return an object.

MDCRadioFoundation.setChecked(checked: boolean) => void

Sets the value of adapter.getNativeControl().checked. Does nothing if getNativeControl() does not return an object.

MDCRadioFoundation.isDisabled() => boolean

Returns the value of adapter.getNativeControl().disabled. Returns false if getNativeControl() does not return an object.

MDCRadioFoundation.setDisabled(disabled: boolean) => void

Sets the value of adapter.getNativeControl().disabled. Also adds/removes the mdc-radio--disabled class based whether or not disabled is true. Gracefully handles the absence of a return value of getNativeControl().

MDCRadioFoundation.getValue() => string

Returns the value of adapter.getNativeControl().value. Returns null if getNativeControl() does not return an object.

MDCRadioFoundation.setValue(value: string) => void

Sets the value of adapter.getNativeControl().value. Does nothing if getNativeControl() does not return an object.

Theming

MDC Radios use the theme's primary color by default for on states, and are completely dark theme aware.

Caveat: Edge and CSS Variables

In browsers that fully support CSS variables, MDC Radio references CSS variables wherever theme properties are used. However, due to Edge's buggy CSS variable support, the background-color for .mdc-radio__background::before will not honor CSS variables in Edge. This means you will need to override this style manually for Edge if you alter the CSS variable for the primary color.