Display a checkbox widget.
Function signature

st.checkbox(label, value=False, key=None, help=None, on_change=None, args=None, kwargs=None, *, disabled=False)

Parameters

label (str)

A short label explaining to the user what this checkbox is for.

value (bool)

Preselect the checkbox when it first renders. This will be cast to bool internally.

key (str or int)

An optional string or integer to use as the unique key for the widget. If this is omitted, a key will be generated for the widget based on its content. Multiple widgets of the same type may not share the same key.

help (str)

An optional tooltip that gets displayed next to the checkbox.

on_change (callable)

An optional callback invoked when this checkbox's value changes.

args (tuple)

An optional tuple of args to pass to the callback.

kwargs (dict)

An optional dict of kwargs to pass to the callback.

disabled (bool)

An optional boolean, which disables the checkbox if set to True. The default is False. This argument can only be supplied by keyword.

Returns

(bool)

Whether or not the checkbox is checked.

Example

agree = st.checkbox('I agree')

if agree:
     st.write('Great!')
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