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Re: Which control for deselectable, mutually exclusive options?

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From: Mallory
Date: Jan 22, 2019 9:37AM

Only thing I'd keep in mind is check if that'll indeed clear it in all browsers.

Back in the day, many UAs I would test in made one of the radios selected by
default even though we encouraged other devs to always set one to "checked".

So far from my memory they can all be unchecked today but... I would test.

cheers,
Mallory

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, at 4:06 PM, Isabel Holdsworth wrote:
> Thanks guys.
> I like the idea of a group of radiobuttons with a "Clear selection" button.
> Standard buttons aren't generally considered mutually exclusive, and
> I'm concerned that some users might not read all of the bumph before
> the buttons and might think that pressing a second button means
> they've made two selections.
> Cheers, Isabel