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| From | "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes |
| Date | 2012-10-16 19:30 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <k5k22h$o0m$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <m-idnR5KbdOWc-HNnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@westnet.com.au> <k5k0c3$e91$1@dont-email.me> |
2012-10-16 19:00, Matt McDonald wrote: >> 1. Use checkboxes and when the user submits the form tell them to make a >> selection if no selection has been made. This seems the obvious choice >> but I'd rather solve the problem with design rather than message boxes. > > But it will not work without JavaScript as you doubtless know. Of course it does. Without JavaScript, there won’t be any client-side checking. That’s it. If the server-side handling has been appropriately coded, it will detect the problem and send back an error message. Delayed, but still. > As I suggested above, provide clear textual instructions to the user. That’s always a good principle, but it has little to do with the problem at hand. -- Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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radiobuttons and checkboxes Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2012-10-16 16:17 +1100
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-16 11:09 +0300
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-16 12:27 +0200
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-16 15:20 +0300
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-16 21:02 +0200
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 04:30 -0700
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-10-16 16:44 +0200
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-16 19:32 +0300
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-10-17 00:51 +0200
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes JJ <jaejunks_at@_googlemail_dot._com> - 2012-10-16 14:58 +0000
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-10-16 12:00 -0400
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-16 19:30 +0300
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 17:23 +0000
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 17:33 +0000
Re: radiobuttons and checkboxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-16 21:00 +0200
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