[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 19693] Deselecting a radio button not possible

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693





------- Comment #2 from rc at opelgt.org  2008-07-17 03:33 PDT -------
Thanks for your investigation.

This means all times is an additional radio button necessary for
deselecting/selecting other.

It consumes space on the website while reducing clearness.

Checkboxes ask only about a potential attribute. When radio buttons are like
checkboxes only with the additional feature that selection of one of them
deselects the others then this statement is in contrast with the demand of
presenting all possible choices.

Yes, I see the problem. To get a good quality of data it may be good to show
all options but nevertheless the user can forget to click on a radio button.
Left is the reason to have only one and ergonomic guideline for the radio
buttons but this collides with the reality.

When asking for blood groups and only A or B are important why shall the user
click on others?
Additional work for him with no benefit. I have a form with 4,000 radio
buttons. When I can avoid the 'other'-button it reduces them to 3000. This is
nicer and faster.

Yes, I know we are discussing here things others should do on another platform
;-) Just to collect here all arguments for a deselect functionality ;-) Rüdiger


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