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Check boxes are a widget to enable one | Check boxes are a widget to enable one more options in a group. | ||
* Use checkboxes for non-exclusive options. | === Guidelines === | ||
* Use checkboxes for non-exclusive options. Mutually exclusive options should use a set of [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Radio_Buttons|radio buttons]]. | |||
* For more than 10 options, use a list. | |||
* Checking a checkbox should always "enable" an option or change the state of an option to "on". Checking a negative or disabling option is a double negative and causes confusion and errors. | * Checking a checkbox should always "enable" an option or change the state of an option to "on". Checking a negative or disabling option is a double negative and causes confusion and errors. | ||
* Checkbox labels are in [[Projects/Usability/HIG/Capitalization|sentence style capitalization]] | |||
Revision as of 16:19, 1 August 2008
Check boxes are a widget to enable one more options in a group.
Guidelines
- Use checkboxes for non-exclusive options. Mutually exclusive options should use a set of radio buttons.
- For more than 10 options, use a list.
- Checking a checkbox should always "enable" an option or change the state of an option to "on". Checking a negative or disabling option is a double negative and causes confusion and errors.
- Checkbox labels are in sentence style capitalization