Journal Replace Radio Button Groups For Free

According to this great article by UX Movement, using a select menu when there are only 3-4 choices available is not recommended: When you have less than 5 options for users to select from, you should use radio buttons.

In a checkbox group, a user can select more than one option. Each checkbox operates individually, so a user can toggle each response "on" and "off." Radio buttons, however, operate as a group and provide mutually exclusive selection values. A user can select only one option in a radio button group.

Click the Lagacy Tools button, which will display a list of forms tools. Click the Radio Button icon, which will insert a radio button into the Word document.

Select one of the buttons and click the Properties button. In the list of properties, assign a value to the GroupName property. Use the dropdown at the top of the Properties list to select another button that should belong to the same group. Put in the same value for GroupName that you used in the first button.

Radio Button/Checkbox. Enter a name for the Radio Button or Checkbox object. Checked Value. Initial State. Class.

To make a radio button not selectable, in the button's INPUT tag you can use an onclick event handler like this: <INPUT type="radio" name="myButton" value="theValue" onclick="this.

Begin by creating an input element to serve as the basic foundation. Set the type to radio. Give each radio button a unique id. Use the name attribute to identify all the buttons in a group. Consider visual grouping as well.