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- What is the difference between a radio button and drop-down list?
- What is the difference between list box and drop-down list?
- Under what circumstances is a menu used instead of a radio button group?
- Should radio buttons be in a list?
What is the difference between a radio button and drop-down list?
Think about a multiple choice quiz—you'd give your students Radio Buttons so they could choose one answer for each question and see each choice the entire time. A Dropdown List field can be used to create a list of items that you want a user to choose from—for example, selecting a day of the week.
What is the difference between list box and drop-down list?
A standard list box is a box containing a list of multiple items, with multiple items visible. A drop-down list is a list in which the selected item is always visible, and the others are visible on demand by clicking a drop-down button.
Under what circumstances is a menu used instead of a radio button group?
Rule#1: When You Want to Emphasize Options
You want the user to read all options. The options are unfamiliar to the user and there is less or no chance that he can predict them.
Should radio buttons be in a list?
If you want to use horizontal lists, make sure that there is plenty of space between each entry. It's often better to use checkbox lists or radio button lists, rather than dropdowns, because all of the options are visible to the user. When there are many options, though, this can become unwieldy.
