I was just thinking about doing the same because of the many messages discussing the evils of checkboxes. I would also like to use what you suggested Andrew --> an empty option that doesn't pass validation.
However, I wonder is it possible to do this type of validation with the validator? thanks, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:23 AM Subject: RE: [OT] FRIDAY: HTML Checkboxes SUCK!!! > +1 > > Im thinking of doing the same. > Checkboxes are evil. > > Another bonus to using dropdowns instead is that if you really need the user > to think about whether that field should be true or false then you can add > an extra empty choice that doesnt pass validation. That way they will be > forced to set a value in that field whereas with a checkbox they can easily > forget to tick it and submit a false value by mistake... > > My theory on what the w3c specs guys were thinking tends to involve them > down the pub having a few too many beers and one of them saying "hey guys! > Ive got an idea - wouldnt it be funny if we..." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Viggio, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2003 04:17 > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: [OT] FRIDAY: HTML Checkboxes SUCK!!! > > > Is it just me?!? ;) > > In our last release, I replaced all of the checkboxes with YES/NO dropdowns > (<select> and <options> tags using a Collection for the > "YES"=true/"NO"=false mapping). > > The users seem to prefer this user interface (no one's complained at least) > and I can still tie these to a ActionForm boolean property thanks to > aforementioned Collection (via <define> tag)! We have a complex, > multi-part/layer wizard workflow using the nesting tablib extensively so the > code was begging for refactorings. This UI change allowed us to get rid of > all of the kludgy code to support these retarded HTML checkboxes (cya > ActionForm reset()). > > What were you thinking W3C spec gurus! > > Apologies if you momma worked on the HTML checkbox spec, but it's Friday the > 13th and I'm flying to a warm, tropical beach tomorrow!!! > > - Alex > > p.s. I'm sure that there is a more elegant solution -- feel free to share... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
