FYI: Dave, you can use a checkbox. checkboxes, pushbuttons, and buttons
are all the same thing under the covers. just set the Group Id on the
checkboxes and bingo they'll act like radio buttons even though they draw as
squares instead of circles.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: radio buttons
>Push buttons are not preferred in my situation. In fact, they may confuse
>the user. This particular product is an extension of a Windows app and it
>would be nice if the user saw the same control on the Palm that was
>specified in Windows. Besides, push buttons will not format as well as a
>standard radio button.
>
>>Why? Depending on the situation, it may cause some user confusion to
>>have a non-standard GUI object like this,
>Why not? If I wasn't allowed to make additional UI objects, there wouldn't
>be a gadget control. Radio buttons are not a non-standard GUI object, most
>OSs with a GUI has them in one form or another.
>
>>I just can't see a compelling reason yet to do this.
>The compelling reason is familiarity and continuity between desktop and
hand
>held programs. Radio buttons are more a part of Windows than push buttons
>and my users may identify with them more. There is an inherent problem
with
>push buttons, the don't intuitively say 'push me' I've seen more than one
>program where I was unaware there was a push button present, I just thought
>some of the text was high lighted.
>
>Anyway, I'm not going to get into a flame war over whether nor not there
>should be radio buttons in my app or in the Palm OS. This application
>requires them, they are not included in the OS so I will have to make my
>own.
>
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:07 PM
>Subject: Re: radio buttons
>
>
>>Dave Lippincott wrote:
>>> All references in the docs to radio buttons say to use
>>> push buttons but I would rather use the real thing
>>
>>Why? Depending on the situation, it may cause some user confusion to
>>have a non-standard GUI object like this, since the user will be
>>accustomed to Palm push buttons for all "radio" functionality.
>>
>>One argument I see is that push buttons take up lots of room because of
>>the full border around them, compared to a more compact stack of check
>>boxes. If this is the case, then you could use small square push
>>buttons in front of the text so it sort of looks like desktop radio
>>buttons but still uses a regular Palm object:
>>
>> Favorite character:
>> +-+
>> | | Qui-Gon Jinn
>> +-+
>> | | Queen Amidala
>> +-+
>> | | Darth Maul
>> +-+
>>
>>(The squares are a push button group. They could abut each other like
>>normal push buttons or be slightly separated.)
>>
>>Or if you really desire to have a circle-with-dot style radio button...
>>I just can't see a compelling reason yet to do this.
>>
>>-slj-
>>
>>
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