Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 05/16/07 17:57

Scripsit Beauregard T. Shagnasty:

> Radio buttons are by default unselected, unless you add checked
> to one of them.

It's more complicated than that. This is a vague area in specifications, and
browser behavior varies. Moreover, there are other reasons why every set of
radio buttons should have one alternative preselected; normally this
alternative should be neutral or indicate "not answered yet". See
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/choices.html

Normally there should be one input item with its label on one line. If an
author thinks he "needs" something else, he really needs to reconsider some
decisions.

In this case, what might be the original problem that led to the assumption
that two unselected radio buttons on one row is the way to go?

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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