Alternative to radio buttons?

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With radio buttons effectively killed off, does anyone know whether will we instead be given this control as seen in the IDE UI ?

radiobutton

I’m about to make a canvas-based vertical version that allows several positions (not just 2).

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I guess I missed something?

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? Are they ?

will we instead be given this control

That’s more of an alternative to a checkbox.
It has always been possible (with work) to put a bunch of checkboxes on screen and ensure that only one was set to True.

Xojo doesn’t expose this as a usable control for desktop (no idea why , either) but there are a few similar controls ‘out there’
It is probably possible to grab such an image and use it (and the reverse) in a canvas if you like.

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Yes, you can only do multiple RadioButtons and not one. You can’t do them horizontally or give them more vertical space.

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Radio Buttons are not „killed of“. In API 2.0 you have two options. Use a DesktopRadioGroup or a DesktopRadioButton. DesktopRadioButton won’t shown in the Library as Xojo, sadly, decided DesktopRadioGroups are the way for users. So you have to add e.g. a DesktopCanvas and set his Super to DesktopRadioButton.

For now there isn’t a DesktopSwitch control like you show in your screenshot. I imagine when Xojo switch to the new WinUI controls on Windows (it’s on the Roadmap) we‘ll maybe get something like this as they exists for all three OS (macOS - NSSwitch, Linux - GTK.Switch, Windows - ToggleSwitch).

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Well, then my feature request is simply to make the control visible again in the Library.

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‘Only multiple’ makes sense for radiobuttons.
The rest… just… why?

Horizontal can be segmented control, I guess.

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Not if you have longer text.

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Obviously, having a single radio button doesn’t make sense.

The problem with DesktopRadioGroup is that you are forced into a very basic layout.

For example, you cannot do this:

• Radio 1
   Edit Field

• Radio 2
  ---List Box---
  |            |
  |            |
  --------------

• Radio 3
   Edit Field
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You could check out this: The ZAZ: ZirconSwitch

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Did you make this feature request? I’d certainly support it.

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<https://xojo.com/issue/67289> : RadioButtons missing in Desktop API 2

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Right, just added to that.

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I can’t speak for Mac users but on Windows there is an option in the Inspector to set the radio buttons in the group to Horizontal. What I can’t seem to figure out is how to have, say, 4 buttons arranged in a 2x2 display.

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Heheh… hadn’t noticed the “horizontal” option either. But the option has the same problem like the vertical space: I want more space. What was a simple control is now much messier.

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I have tried to convert a project to API 2.0 and my RadioButtons are converted to single DesktopRadioButton.
I copy and paste one into a new project and that works…as old RadioButton.

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You can also add a DesktopRadioGroup and convert it as a DesktopRadioButton by changing it’s super

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This didn’t happen when I converted mine.

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21r.3 vs 21r3.1 ?

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2021r3.1 for me.

I made a little example to show that :
https://adx-online.com/TestRadioButton.xojo_binary_project.zip