# Kendo UI for jQuery CheckBox Overview

The CheckBox allows you to provide checkbox functionality to `<input />` elements, style them, set an encoded or decoded label, and disable the CheckBox.

![Kendo UI for jQuery CheckBox Overview](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/assets/6672fdd59f474b8d293b888f7efb9a7e/checkbox-overview.png)

## Functionality and Features

* [Appearance](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/controls/checkbox/appearance)
* [Label](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/controls/checkbox/label)

## Next Steps

* [Getting Started with the Kendo UI CheckBox for jQuery](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/controls/checkbox/getting-started)
* [Overview of the CheckBox (Demo)](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/checkbox/index)
* [JavaScript API Reference of the CheckBox](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/api/ui/checkbox)

## See Also

* [Overview of the CheckBox (Demo)](https://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/checkbox/index)
* [JavaScript API Reference of the CheckBox](https://www.telerik.com/kendo-jquery-ui/documentation/api/ui/checkbox)