How to fix ion-checkbox stealing clicks on ion-item elements.

I found this annoying issue with Ionic 5 where clicking on ion-label inside ion-item can’t be clicked if there is also an ion-checkbox element.

You have to change the z-index on the element you want clickable.

// component css
ion-label{
   z-index: 3;
}

You can also disable button property on ion-item, check the docs here.

You can also apply this to any other element you want to use inside ion-item. Good luck!