---
title: 'Checkbox Group: Overview'
parts:
  - Checkbox Group
  - Overview
eleventyNavigation:
  key: 'Checkbox Group: Overview'
  order: 10
  parent: Checkbox Group
  title: Overview
---

# Checkbox Group: Overview

A checkbox group enhances the functionality of the native `<input type="checkbox">` element.
Its purpose is to provide a way for users to check **multiple** options amongst a set of choices, or to function as a single toggle.

> You should use our `checkbox` elements as children in checkbox group.

```js script
import { html } from '@mdjs/mdjs-preview';
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-checkbox-group.js';
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-checkbox.js';
```

```html preview-story
<lion-checkbox-group name="scientists[]" label="Favorite scientists">
  <lion-checkbox label="Archimedes" .choiceValue="${'Archimedes'}"></lion-checkbox>
  <lion-checkbox label="Francis Bacon" .choiceValue="${'Francis Bacon'}"></lion-checkbox>
  <lion-checkbox label="Marie Curie" .choiceValue="${'Marie Curie'}"></lion-checkbox>
</lion-checkbox-group>
```

> Make sure that the checkbox-group also has a name attribute, this is necessary for our [form](https://github.com/ing-bank/lion/blob/e45f5c198ccac32dc5c3fd5db6a9fc9fc3595c35/docs/components/form/overview.md)'s serialization result.

## Features

Since it extends from our [fieldset](https://github.com/ing-bank/lion/blob/e45f5c198ccac32dc5c3fd5db6a9fc9fc3595c35/docs/components/fieldset/overview.md),
it has all the features a fieldset has.

## Installation

```bash
npm i --save @lion/ui
```

```js
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-checkbox-group.js';
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-checkbox-indeterminate.js';
import '@lion/ui/define/lion-checkbox.js';
```