HTML Forms: Checkboxes

INPUT tags of TYPE="checkbox" are best used to select members of small sets.

<Form	ACTION="test.cgi">
<table border=2>
<tr>
    <th align=right>
	<INPUT	TYPE	= "checkbox"
		NAME	= "group"
		VALUE	= "Title" Checked>
			   Title
    </th>
    <th align=center>
	<INPUT	TYPE	= "checkbox"
		NAME	= "group"
		VALUE	= "Description">
			   Description
    </th>
    <th align=left>
	<INPUT	TYPE	= "checkbox"
		NAME	= "group"
		VALUE	= "URL">
			   URL
    </th>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>

NAME

VALUE

Specifies the value of the option to be sent to the server.

If not defined, a value of "on" is sent to the server.

CHECKED

This tag defaults to a checkbox to be selected.

• Decide whether the label goes to the left or the right, and stick to that convention.

• Ensure that for checkboxes in the midst of several, it's clear which checkbox the label refers to, by means of some visual cue such as colon after the label, or a comma between label/checkboxes, or by placing in a bordered table.

• If you have many, it may help to arrange them in preformatted columns.

• You can emulate a SELECT MULTIPLE list by having CHECKBOXESwith the same NAME but different VALUES.