Single Radio Button

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Question.

I want to add a SINGLE radio button, not a RADIO GROUP, but it appears that it is no longer in the Library.

Has it been removed?

If so, how do I make a radio group into a single radio button.

Regards

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Just out of curiosity why doesn’t a RadioGroup with 1 item suffice?

Radio Button does not show up in the Library for API 2.0 projects, but you can change the superclass of DesktopRadioGroup to DesktopRadioButton to turn it into a single Radio Button as per your original request.

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Hi there.

Found my solution.

All I need do is remove one option.

Just found it Tim.

Thanks for your response.

Regards

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A single Radio Button does not make sense. Radio Buttons are used to select one among many. I think a Checkbox is what you need.

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that’s an idea too, Gilles.

Thanks for the idea.

Regards

Michael

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While a radio button might fit better with the window’s design, it would still confuse the user.

For an on/off/partial button, you should use a checkbox. That’s what it’s for, and the user intuitively knows how it works.
With a radio button, the user would expect at least two options to cycle through.

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Additionally, the user can’t uncheck a single radio button after it has been checked.
Definitively, a checkbox must be used instead.

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Exactly, but this could be solved by code. But it’s still not the intended use of a RadioButton (and maybe the user even does not realize it could be deselected after selecting it).

I’d call this bad design…

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Granted… add a push button near the radio button so the user can deselect the radio button using the push button :sweat_smile:
Proof of the bad design…

Granted. In this case, it’d be a hidden trick, so even worse than having an UI to deselect the button.

Not only you would :wink:. There are interface guidelines both from Apple and Microsoft; Apple’s ones clearly state about using the correct controls for a given situation (not sure about the one for Windows). These guidelines exist because it’s important to not confuse users.

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A simple:

Function MouseDown(x As Integer, y As Integer) Handles MouseDown as Boolean
  Me.Value = Not Me.Value
  Return True
End Function

Would turn a RadioButton into a RadioSwitch. But I advise against “deceiving” the user in this way.