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radio button is a form element that allows the user to select only one of
a number of offered choices. The form element name refers to the fact that you can choose to press only one button (i.e., listen to only one station) at a time on a car radio. The radio button tag requires a VALUE for each possible choice. VALUE refers to the actual data being collected. The VALUE attribute identifies the information gathered when a user specifies a particular choice from a list provided by you. |
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Example |
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what county do you live? |
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| To add a radio button to your web page using FrontPage 98, you can choose Insert, Form Field, Radio Button from the main menu. |
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| You can also use the Radio Button button on the Forms toolbar. |
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| To specify the properties of the
radio button, highlight it. Choose Edit, Form Field Properties from the main menu or right click on the radio button itself. The Radio Button Properties dialog box will appear. |
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| In the Group Name text box fill in a word that will describe the information in the set of radio buttons. (In our example above, the radioset might be called county). | ||
| In the Value text
box fill in the name of the value for that particular button. Usually the form
developer assigns a value to the button that is the same as the name users select when
they choose that particular radio button.(In our example above the value for the first
radio button would be arlington). Set the Tab order. The tab order is the order in which users of your form will move through the form by clicking on the Tab key. Click on OK. |
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| Repeat the process for the
remainder of the radio buttons in the radioset. Choose Initial State Selected if you wish a particular radio button choice to be pre-selected. |
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