Talk:Checkbox

message: Can we get an image of one of these? Mark Richards 22:57, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like this request was fulfilled in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_box&diff=176761583&oldid=174860523 by User:Simeon87.  Thanks!  (There was an earlier image, too, but it was apparently removed for copyvio reasons.) -- era (Talk | History) 06:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: I don't think the description as the control allowing "multiple selections from a number of options" is quite accurate, or very informative. It's not informative in that this description could apply to a list, drop-down list, radiobox, or a number of other control types; and it isn't accurate in that the checkbox's primary function really is to allow selection between two states. The tri-state checkbox is an unusual variant which is definitely worth including, but shouldn't be included in the primary definition of what a checkbox is, in my opinion. --VinceBowdren 10:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two-way vs multiple options 

message: No Unicode codepoints? --Kjoonlee 10:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Remedied in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_box&diff=193674477&oldid=190870227, by none other than Kjoonlee.-- era (Talk | History) 06:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Unicode 

message: So... what is it? Shouldn't the article give examples of keyboard shortcuts? For instance, if I wanted to log into a Windows computer on a network how would I select the checkbox that says "Log in using dial-up connection"? -PatPeter 22:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Keyboard shortcuts vary according to operating system and application (unlike mouse-clicking, which is pretty much universal). In any case, wikipedia is not a manual --VinceBowdren (talk) 16:57, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

text: I know Wikipedia is not a manual, but the article says "or by using a keyboard shortcut", without an example. Can we use a keyboard shortcut to log in on Windows as I said in my initial post, or is there no keyboard shortcut? If there is no keyboard shortcut we should delete that part of the sentence. -PatPeter 18:16, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't give an example for mouse-clicking either - examples just aren't that important. What's the particular importance of remotely logging in to windows? Neither windows in itself, nor any apps which do remote connections to windows computers are definitive of how you use a checkbox. --VinceBowdren (talk) 00:00, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

text: ... why would the article have to give an example for mouse-clicking? I only ask for an example because I will remove that fragment if proven false. If that example that I gave was too literal for you, how would I enable the check box when logging into Wikipedia that says "Remember me"? There is no importance to remotely logging into windows, and I have no idea where you went in the last line of your previous post. You obviously did not understand my example. -PatPeter 00:47, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Keyboard shortcut? 

message: Something that is missing is that setting or clearing a checkbox normally changes the checkbox's state with no other side-effects, although this guideline is sometimes violated (regretably so in most cases) in practice.  This should be contrasted with a pushbutton whose purpose is to cause an action."Check Boxes", "msdn", Retrieved 2010-02-05"Checkboxes and Radio Buttuns", "sgi techpubs library", 2001-11-07. Retrieved 2010-02-05Nielsen, Jakob, "Checkboxes vs. Radio Buttons", "Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox",Sept. 2004. Retrieved 2010-02-05Scottnelsonsmith (talk) 23:51, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I feel that you take the Alertbox article in an overly broad context. Its central point is that checkboxes should not be used as "action buttons", (e.g. a checkbox labelled "I agree to these terms" should not proceed to the next screen when checked). My interpretation is that it is verboten to create a checkbox which performs an action that cannot be not undone by unchecking it. The article assumes that there is a command button to go with the checkbox and, in much new software, this is not the case. Sidney (talk) 23:57, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actionable? 

message: The Microsoft Manual of Style (Version 3) suggests you "select a check box" and "cancel your selection by clearing the check box." A check box that is unavailable (so-called "grayed-out" or greyed-out") is "dimmed."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.226.104.225 (talk) 20:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology 

message: I don't think we can just use this, see also comments here. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 20:02, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Same problem with this. That one was removed because of copyright issues and then someone just uploaded something from a newer Windows version and used .PNG instead of .png. This is not the proper way to deal with copyright issues. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 20:05, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright Issue 

message: The more obvious use of tristate checkboxes, than an aid in multiple selection, is a criterion in search functionalities. The indeterminate state means "don't care". 195.205.192.10 (talk) 14:55, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tristate checkbox as search criterion 

message: Shouldn't we mention that checkboxes can be pre-selected and can't be ticked by the user? Or that one checkbox disables another one etc. I can't formulate it well, so if someone can and thinks it's a good idea, please include it. The image could also include these options (grey checked, grey unchecked).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.110.186.126 (talk) 12:11, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greyed out 

message: Currently the checkbox is often replaced by a round switch, pushable in horizontal direction, which can be either in left or right position to indicate on or off state (and sometimes it is not obvious which is which). It was found mostly on the web, and now also desktop software that imitate web design with low information density. I did not find a separate entry in Widget (GUI) for this. Maybe it belongs here, as it is functionally identical, along with a mention of its name and first occurrence. -- J7n (talk) 21:37, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Horizontally pushable switch