I want to create two radio buttons, Small and Large. I want those two buttons on multiple places on my page so that when I click small on one of the buttons, all the smalls are checked. Is there a way to simply do that without calling a function in javascript?
This is done by assigning an ID property and then in the label use the for property and make it the same as the ID
<input type="radio" id="male" name="gender" value="male">
<label for="male">Male</label>
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I want to have a group of radio buttons, so that one of them appears twice.
The result would look like this:
The tricky point is that I want to achieve this in pure HTML/CSS (although I doubt CSS will help here).
Here is the code I wrote to produce the four radio buttons above:
<input type="radio" name="buttons" value="choice1" id="button1"/>
<label for="button1">Choice 1</label>
<input type="radio" name="buttons" value="choice1" id="button1"/>
<label for="button">Choice 1</label>
<input type="radio" name="buttons" value="choice2" id="button3"/>
<label for="button3">Choice 2</label>
<input type="radio" name="buttons" value="choice3" id="button4"/>
<label for="button4">Choice 3</label>
I naively thought that attributing the same value to the first to buttons would make them behave as one, but of course it doesn't.
Is it possible to achieve this behaviour without any JS?
Edit
This might sound strange, so here's my usecase.
What I ultimately want is to have a radio button storing a global state, and have access to it at multiple places.
For instance, suppose the following snippet:
.state-repeater {
visibility: hidden;
}
#button.state-repeater:checked > p {
color: blue;
}
<input type="radio" id="button" />
<label for="button">Button</label>
<!--
Lots of blocks; the two parts are totally uncorrelated;
so the classical sibling selector tricks do not work
-->
<input class="state-repeater" type=radio id="button" />
<p>The button is checked</p>
I want the <p> tag text to turn blue when the radio button is checked; however, due to the radio button being far from it, I need some kind of repeater.
Obviously, the approach of this snippet does not work.
Is it possible to "repeat" the information that the radio button is checked?
You'll need to use JS. There is no pure way. Maybe wrap the radio in an element that LOOKS like 2 radio buttons and when clicked they both LOOK like they've been selected. But if you need two actual radio buttons that work together, you are out of luck. And in any case the thing I described before would be a huge headache compared to using JS.
I have an input type of radio, when using Angular to wire up the backend. However, it is currently allowing multiple selections, which is completely odd since radio is by default single selection.
<div ng-repeat="s in survey">
<input type="radio" data-ng-model="s.isSelected">{{s.id}}
</div>
Has anyone run into this, or notice something I am missing?
Assign a name attribute with the same value to all radiobuttons in the same group.
ex:
<input type="radio" name="group1" data-ng-model="s.isSelected">{{s.id}}
I'm trying to program a dynamic form, so I can't use the normal form tags and stuff. I use normal buttons, JQuery, and AJAX calls to simulate a traditional form. However, I can't figure out how to do radio buttons. Any help?
EDIT: Yeah, I suppose I should have been more specific. I tried doing
<input type="radio" />
and stuff, but:
it lets me select more than one button at a time (which kind of defeats the point of radio buttons)
it won't let me deselect a button after it's pressed!
EDIT 2: The reason I'm not using form tags is that I need multiple submit buttons as well, and the only solution I found to that dilemma was to not use form tags.
Why can't you use the form tag? There is nothing stopping you from doing so. But if you don't want to use the form tag, why not:
<input type='radio' name='test' value='1' checked>
<input type='radio' name='test' value='2'>
<input type='radio' name='test' value='3'>
<input type='radio' name='test' value='4'>
Works fine for me. Demo
Edit:
1: You need to specify a name for the radio group, otherwise each input is considered its own group. Hence why you can select more than one button at a time when using <input type="radio" />. Look at my code above. The radio group is 'test'.
2: Radio buttons are suppose to have a default value. When you create a radio group you should be specifying a default value with the checked attribute. A consequence of this is that you can't deselect a radio button. You can either choose a different value or stick with the default. If you want to be able to deselect, then consider using checkboxes instead. I've updated the example code to reflect this.
If you are able to select more than one radio button, its sounds like your name attributes are not matching. What you want to end up with is something like the following:
<input type="radio" name="group-1" value="something-unique">
<input type="radio" name="group-1" value="something-else-unique">
<input type="radio" name="group-1" value="another-unique-something">
<input type="radio" name="group-2" value="something-unique">
<input type="radio" name="group-2" value="something-else-unique">
<input type="radio" name="group-2" value="another-unique-something">
Note that the name attribute is the same for the group of options, which means that the selections will replace each other.
Also, I haven't had any issues not wrapping radios in form tags, when using them purely with javascript, however if you want to do any html post stuff, I would expect that they are required.
You can try this:
HTML
<div>
<ul>
<li><input type="radio" name="radio" value="value1" checked>Radio Button1</input></li>
<li><input type="radio" name="radio" value="value1">Radio Button2</input></li>
<li><input type="radio" name="radio" value="value1">Radio Button3</input></li>
</ul>
</div>
DEMO
There should not be an input element without a form element. You are not going to get the HTML to respond the way you want it to if you do not use it correctly. Multiple submit buttons would indicate the need for multiple forms.
If, for whatever reason, that does not work, perhaps you should reconsider the format through which you are asking the user to submit information.
What's the most appropriate, semantically correct way to label checkbox and radio elements? Obviously, giving each one a unique id attribute is an option and using that in id a <label for="">, but this seems like it would break the semantic grouping. Putting unenclosed text next to the input element just seems...wrong.
Edit:
Additionally, how should one denote the label for a group of such elements? (i.e. not the description of each option, but the description of the whole group)
Using <label for=""> is the correct way to do that. The grouping of radio buttons is done by denoting the group via the name attribute and individual elements via the id attribute. For example:
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg1"><label for="rbg1">Button One</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg2"><label for="rbg2">Button Two</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg3"><label for="rbg3">Button Three</label><br>
As for putting a label over the entire group, just put them in a container that has a text container above the stack of buttons (or checkboxes). Example:
<div>
<h3>My Radio Button Group</h3>
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg1"><label for="rbg1">Button One</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg2"><label for="rbg2">Button Two</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="rbg" id="rbg3"><label for="rbg3">Button Three</label><br>
</div>
I mostly use Chris Coyiers HTML ipsum : http://html-ipsum.com/
always a good helper
I'm trying to make a system which asks users to specify what kind of content they are submitting, using PNG icons to represent each type. Ideally, what I'd like is a group of three buttons (with images on them) which behave like radio buttons - the user can use arrow keys to switch between them, they are treated as one group, etcetera. However, that appears to be impossible, and the closest I can get is putting the images alongside the pre-existing radio buttons. Is there a good way to 'fake' this functionality?
I would suggest using radio buttons as a user will recognise these inputs and it'll work without javascript.
<form>
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="male" id="male"/><label for="male">Male</label>
<br />
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="female" id="female" /> <label for="female">Female</label>
</form>
You can then put an image inside the labels, or better, a background image to supplement the text.
Sure, make two variants of each image (normal and highlighted) and use JavaScript to remember which one is selected and switch the images.
How about radio buttons next to the images. Then use JavaScript to hide the radio buttons and change the (hidden) selected radio when an image is clicked. Combine that with some sort of hightlighting effect on the selected image, and you have an attractive interface that degrades nicely. JQuery or a similar JavaScript library would be useful in achieving this.