I have four checkboxes. I want only one of them to be checked at a
time. Any ideas?
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On 4 Aug 2006 15:10:48 -0700, tr************@ gmail.com wrote:
I have four checkboxes. I want only one of them to be checked at a
time. Any ideas?
You can create one Option Group and use Check Boxes instead of Radio
buttons as options.
The table field that the Option Group is bound to will have a value of
1,2,3,4, etc., instead of you having 4 different fields with a value
of -1 or 0 each.
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Fred
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Which might well work.
But why not stick to the standards? Experienced users will just get
confused.
Emily
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On 4 Aug 2006 15:10:48 -0700, tr************@ gmail.com wrote:
>I have four checkboxes. I want only one of them to be checked at a
time. Any ideas?
You can create one Option Group and use Check Boxes instead of Radio
buttons as options.
The table field that the Option Group is bound to will have a value of
1,2,3,4, etc., instead of you having 4 different fields with a value
of -1 or 0 each.
--
Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
four separate checkboxes on a form will look the same as a single option
group with four checkboxes instead of radio buttons - all you have to do is
set the option group control's BorderStyle property to Transparent, and
delete the control's label, and it looks exactly the same as four unrelated
checkboxes, in form view. the difference, and the advantage, is that the
checkboxes are automatically "mutually exclusive", without the need for any
programming to enforce the rule.
as for the underlying values of 1, 2, 3, 4 which are saved to the table -
the user should never see those anyway, so it shouldn't cause them any
confusion.
also, when a table has four *mutually exclusive* fields, that table is
almost certainly not normalized - the developer is putting data into
fieldnames, when s/he should use one field to hold the single value selected
from four possible choices presented to the user. the solution that fredg
suggested is fully supported by a normalized table design.
hth
"Emily Jones" <em****@hotmail .comwrote in message
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Which might well work.
But why not stick to the standards? Experienced users will just get
confused.
Emily
"fredg" <fg******@examp le.invalidwrote in message
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On 4 Aug 2006 15:10:48 -0700, tr************@ gmail.com wrote:
I have four checkboxes. I want only one of them to be checked at a
time. Any ideas?
You can create one Option Group and use Check Boxes instead of Radio
buttons as options.
The table field that the Option Group is bound to will have a value of
1,2,3,4, etc., instead of you having 4 different fields with a value
of -1 or 0 each.
--
Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
Users 'expect', consciously or not, that radio buttons will be exclusive,
and check boxes won't.
Depart from that standard if you like. But don't complain when users say
'there's just something about it I don't like'.
I agree about the table design. Looks like it should be a field with 4
possible values. And don't we all know that one day that will become 5
possible values. Though it wasn't actually the OP that suggested that.
Emily.
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four separate checkboxes on a form will look the same as a single option
group with four checkboxes instead of radio buttons - all you have to do
is
set the option group control's BorderStyle property to Transparent, and
delete the control's label, and it looks exactly the same as four
unrelated
checkboxes, in form view. the difference, and the advantage, is that the
checkboxes are automatically "mutually exclusive", without the need for
any
programming to enforce the rule.
as for the underlying values of 1, 2, 3, 4 which are saved to the table -
the user should never see those anyway, so it shouldn't cause them any
confusion.
also, when a table has four *mutually exclusive* fields, that table is
almost certainly not normalized - the developer is putting data into
fieldnames, when s/he should use one field to hold the single value
selected
from four possible choices presented to the user. the solution that fredg
suggested is fully supported by a normalized table design.
hth
"Emily Jones" <em****@hotmail .comwrote in message
news:44******** *************@n ews.aaisp.net.u k...
>Which might well work.
But why not stick to the standards? Experienced users will just get
confused.
Emily
"fredg" <fg******@examp le.invalidwrote in message
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On 4 Aug 2006 15:10:48 -0700, tr************@ gmail.com wrote:
I have four checkboxes. I want only one of them to be checked at a
time. Any ideas?
You can create one Option Group and use Check Boxes instead of Radio
buttons as options.
The table field that the Option Group is bound to will have a value of
1,2,3,4, etc., instead of you having 4 different fields with a value
of -1 or 0 each.
--
Fred
Please respond only to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal e-mail
Emily Jones wrote:
Users 'expect', consciously or not, that radio buttons will be exclusive,
and check boxes won't.
Depart from that standard if you like. But don't complain when users say
'there's just something about it I don't like'.
What standard? Where can I find this?
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Tim Marshall wrote:
Emily Jones wrote:
Users 'expect', consciously or not, that radio buttons will be
exclusive, and check boxes won't.
Depart from that standard if you like. But don't complain when
users say 'there's just something about it I don't like'.
What standard? Where can I find this?
That is the standard as I understand all GUIs have ever used. Radio Buttons are
exclusive, CheckBoxes are not.
This is from the Microsoft Fundamentals of Designing User Interaction http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...html/part1.asp
Option Buttons
An option button, also referred to as a radio button, represents a single choice
within a limited set of mutually exclusive choices.
Check Boxes
A check box represents an independent or non-exclusive choice.
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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
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Rick Brandt wrote:
That is the standard as I understand all GUIs have ever used. Radio Buttons are
exclusive, CheckBoxes are not.
This is from the Microsoft Fundamentals of Designing User Interaction
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...html/part1.asp
Option Buttons
An option button, also referred to as a radio button, represents a single choice
within a limited set of mutually exclusive choices.
Check Boxes
A check box represents an independent or non-exclusive choice.
Thank you Rick,
But I am certain I've seen loads of paper and on line surveys in which
the requested response is "check one".
--
Tim http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~tmarshal/
^o<
/#) "Burp-beep, burp-beep, burp-beep?" - Quaker Jake
/^^ "Whatcha doin?" - Ditto "TIM-MAY!!" - Me
Tim Marshall wrote:
>
Thank you Rick,
But I am certain I've seen loads of paper and on line surveys in which
the requested response is "check one".
The world is full of apps that "do it wrong". That doesn't make it correct. http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm
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RBrandt at Hunter dot com http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iar...t/controls.htm
to be precise
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Tim Marshall wrote:
>>
Thank you Rick,
But I am certain I've seen loads of paper and on line surveys in which
the requested response is "check one".
The world is full of apps that "do it wrong". That doesn't make it
correct.
http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/shame.htm
--
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com
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