Use text act as a radio button / Make string into a radio button

Question

I want to make text work as a radio button for html, so from multiple options when i click one option (text) it get highlighted (selected) and carries value forward.

Answer 1

The most straightforward way is to simply use radio buttons, which you make invisible. Then turn the texts into labels for the radio buttons.
I put each of the radio buttons and its label in a wrapper, to make positioning them easier.

<div class="radiowrapper" id="wrap1">
    <input type="radio" name="problem" value="headaches" id="problem1">
    <label for="problem1">I get headaches</label>
</div>
<div class="radiowrapper" id="wrap2">
    <input type="radio" name="problem" value="teeth" id="problem2">
    <label for="problem2">I grind my teeth</label>
</div>
<div class="radiowrapper" id="wrap3">
    <input type="radio" name="problem" value="heartburn" id="problem3">
    <label for="problem3">I experience heart burn</label>
</div>

And the css:

.radiowrapper {position:absolute;}

.radiowrapper input {visibility:hidden; width:0;}

.radiowrapper label:hover {font-weight:bold}

.radiowrapper input:checked + label {font-weight:bold; text-transform:uppercase}

#wrap1 {left:100px; top:50px;}

#wrap2 {left:80px; top:100px;}

#wrap3 {left:0px; top:150px;}

See jsFiddle.