[thelist] RE: checked or unchecked boxes
noah
noah at tookish.net
Wed Oct 20 13:23:59 CDT 2004
ANDREA STREIGHT wrote (20/10/2004 1:47 PM):
> I repeat: I said I personally know of no situation where a box could
> legitimately be "pre-checked", but I'm not Omniscient, so there may indeed
> be a permissible context.
>
> I still have not heard or seen any.
If the user has previously selected certain options, and the selected
options are currently stored in a database or elsewhere, and the form in
question is a "modify options" form, then it's perfectly reasonable, and
I think preferable, for the options that were previously selected to be
pre-checked.
I think that this is the situation that was previously described. If
not, it's still a legitimate reason for pre-checking checkboxes.
Cheers,
Noah
More information about the thelist
mailing list