Radio button properties

If you want your visitor to select one option from many available choices, use a radio group.

Press the button labeled 'Radio button' to add a radio group to the form.

Double click on the radio button to open the properties dialog box.

Grouping the radio buttons

The individual radio buttons does not make sense until the radio buttons are grouped.

In order to make the radio buttons belong to a group, open the properties of the radio button (by double-clicking) and then choose the 'Radio group'. You can rename the group by pressing the 'Rename' button.

The fields in the dialog

Name of the radio group.

The name is used internally to identify the radio group.  You need to follow certain Naming Rules

Press the rename button to rename the radio group.

Press the 'Add group' button to add a new radio group.

Label
Label is the text that appears next to the radio button.

Value
Value is the identification of the selection. The value appears in the form submission data against the radio group name.

 
For example, suppose the radio group is asking the agreement to the terms and conditions with name 'do_you_agree' and the values are 'yes' and 'no'. If your visitor selects 'yes' then the value will appear as do_you_agree=yes

Selected by default
Choose this option if you want the selected radio item to be selected initially by default.