Re: UI design problem - exclusive checkboxes

Jon Shemitz wrote:
Koms Bomb wrote:

I have four checkboxes, each one is one function and whenever one is
selected, the other checkboxes should be invalid (unchecked).
You may say radio boxes are the best choice, but I must allow all
checkboxes unchecked, that's to say, the user can leave all
checkboxes unchecked.

I now just use four checkboxes and the user can select/clear them
freely, but it's very ambiguous.

How about just using the four check boxes, as you do now, and giving
each a click handler that unchecks the other three?

It's confusing for the user. The Windows standard is that checkboxes
indicate separately selectable choices. That's the whole point of check
boxes versus radio buttons. I do disable or uncheck boxes in some cases but
it shouldn't be done just to avoid using radio buttons. He really should be
adding another button for "no selection" as others have suggested or going
to a combo box.

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Jim Rowell


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