radio buttons

[wyrd_fish]

is there a way to make radio buttons selected by default?

prhaps a JS or is there a atribute that'll do it???

 

[Padwah]

yeah just add checked to the tag

 

[Jonty]

Hi wyrd_fish

As Padwah says, just add 'checked' (or, technically speaking, checked="checked") to the <input /> tag; e.g.

<input checked="checked" type="radio" />

Kind Regards

 

[wyrd_fish]

i thought it was selected, but that didn't work so i asked you lot...

 

[Padwah]

close, selected works on drop down lists :

 

[Jonty]

close, selected works on drop down lists :

Right you are Not quite awake today

Kind Regards

 

[Panda On Smack]

Hi wyrd_fish

As Padwah says, just add 'checked' (or, technically speaking, checked="checked") to the <input /> tag; e.g.

<input checked="checked" type="radio" />

Kind Regards

I think it just looks at the fact you have the word 'checked' in the tag coz u can put what u like as the value of checked and it still works:

<input checked="i like men" type="radio" />

so you can just use:

<input name="MyRadioButton" type="radio" value="1" checked>

 

[Jonty]

Hi Panda

You're of course right that for a long time people just used 'checked' or 'selected' etc, but in the XHTML specification, this is no longer allowed.

XML does not support attribute minimization. Attribute-value pairs must be written in full. Attribute names such as compact and checked cannot occur in elements without their value being specified.

I know wyrd_wish isn't writing his markup specifically in accordance with XHTML, but still, t doesn't hurt to get into good habits Pages written in XHTML but which don't use the attribute="attribute" probably won't validate.

Anyway, we're probably over labouring the point a bit here. At least it works for wyrd_fish, that's all that matters.

Kind Regards