Normally if there are radio buttons on the form, it is best to ensure that at least one option is selected.
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--------- Original Message --------
From: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
To: "wsg@webstandardsgroup.org" <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org>
Subject: RE: [WSG] Default state of radio buttons. (Maybe OT?)
Date: 01/02/05 20:56
I think this is like FAQs - my FAQ is never there. Likewise, pre-set a control
to option A and I'm equally likely to want option B.
IMHO pre-setting options for the user (unless they're VERY obvious) is like
making assumptions about them.
That said, RFC1866 says 'CHECKED' is optional but then says "At all times,
exactly one of the radio buttons in a set is checked. If none of the <INPUT>
elements of a set of radio buttons specifies 'CHECKED', then the user agent
must check the first radio button of the set initially."
Does anybody know why one button has to be checked "at all times" in a
circumstance like Chris referred to?
Thanks
Rowan
Quoting Iain Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Oops, sorry I didn't really read your question thoroughly. Surely an
> address will be either a personal or a business address. Personally I'd
> set
> the default to personal as this seems to me the most likely option.
>
> Iain
>
> ------------------
> Iain Gardiner
> http://www.firelightning.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Chris W. Parker
> Sent: 01 February 2005 19:12
> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
> Subject: [WSG] Default state of radio buttons. (Maybe OT?)
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Not sure if this is off topic or not, but let me know if it is.
>
> I'm wondering what the suggested default state of a group of radio
> buttons
> is? Let me use a current, specific example.
>
> In a form I'm writing I have one set of radio buttons. The current
> options
> are 'Home', or 'Agency'. The radio button is meant to designate what
> type of
> mailing address the customer has provided. Right now I've got neither
> option
> being defaulted to. I know that radio buttons should have exactly one
> option
> chosen at all times, but in this case it doesn't make sense to add a
> third
> option of 'None', or have the group default to one option or the other.
>
> How should I handle this? Should I bite the bullet and have the options
> default to one of the options (both options will probably be chosen an
> equal
> amount of times, as has been the case in the past)? Or maybe I should go
> to
> a drop down list with three options? 1. '-', 2. 'Home', 3. 'Agency'
>
>
> Your feedback is appreciated.
>
> Chris.
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