How to Account for 2 Options

[Mark Lees]

When trying to capture 1 of 2 options (for example, user needs to
choose between red or blue or Monday or Tuesday), what is the best
control option (toggle button, option button, or Check Box)?

[DFS]

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When trying to capture 1 of 2 options (for example, user needs to
choose between red or blue or Monday or Tuesday), what is the best
control option (toggle button, option button, or Check Box)?

Mark,

Depends on your current and future choices.

For me:

* if it will always or usually be a fixed, small number of choices, option
buttons inside a frame look nice
* If it's a long list, or might grow large, I nearly always use a list box
* I rarely use toggle buttons (they're useful, but too much like click
buttons).
* I only use check boxes to indicate True/False (never in a group).

[Wayne Morgan]

I use checkboxes if more than one can be selected. If only one item is to be
selected, I'll use option buttons in a frame. I'll agree with DFS, if the
list of options gets too long, a single or multi-select (depending on the
circumstances) list box is probably better.

I've used toggle buttons a couple of times, usually to show something turned
on or off on the form, rather than a selection choice.

With only 2 options to choose from and one or the other need to be chosen,
the option buttons are hard to pass up. They look more like the way you are
probably used to seeing things in Windows applications. If space is a
consideration though, the toggle button may be needed.

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Wayne Morgan
Microsoft Access MVP
"Mark Lees" <ma*******@byu.edu> wrote in message
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When trying to capture 1 of 2 options (for example, user needs to
choose between red or blue or Monday or Tuesday), what is the best
control option (toggle button, option button, or Check Box)?