Radio Button Group

Places several radiobuttons in tabular form. Only one radiobutton can be on at any given time.

columnCount
Defines the amount of columns in which the radiobuttons are divided.

Example

If the columnCount is set to 3 and you define 7 radiobuttons the result is:
currentItem
Defines the item which has the focus.
id
Identification name of the radioButtonGroup.
onClick
Defines the event handling method that will be processed when the user clicks on one radio button. If 'onClick' is specified, the event handling routine is called.
selection
Specifies the key of the radioButton that is on in the radioButtonGroup.
verticalAlign
Sets the vertical alignment of the radiobutton column and the text column.

Attributes	M	Values	Usage
columncount		Numeric (1)	Taglib `columnCount="3"` Classlib `setColumnCount(3)`
currentItem		Numeric (1)	Taglib No tag available Classlib `setCurrentItem(2)`
id	*	String (cs)	Taglib `id="Genderselect"` Classlib `setId("Genderselect")`
selection		String (cs)	Taglib `selection="rb_k1"` Classlib `setSelection("rb_k1")`
verticalAlign		-	Taglib No tag available Classlib `setVerticalAlign(CellVAlign radioBCol, CellVAlign textCol)`

Events	M	Values	Usage
onClick		String (cs)	Taglib `onClick="ProcessClick"` Classlib `setOnClick("ProcessClick")`

Events

Values

Usage

onClick

String (cs)

Taglib

onClick="ProcessClick"

Classlib

setOnClick("ProcessClick")

Example

using the taglib

Syntax Syntax

  <hbj:radioButtonGroup 
    id="Genderselect"
    columnCount="2"
    selection="rb_fem"

    <hbj:radioButton 
        id="RBGenderFemale"
        text="female"
        key="rb_fem"
        tooltip="I am female"
        disabled="false"
        />
    <hbj:radioButton 
        id="RBGenderMale"
        text="male"
        key="rb_male"
        tooltip="I am male"
        disabled="false"
        />
  </hbj:radioButtonGroup>

End of the code.

using the classlib

Syntax Syntax

    Form form = (Form) this.getForm();
    RadioButtonGroup rbg = new RadioButtonGroup("Genderselect");
    rbg.setColumnCount(2);
    RadioButton r1 = rbg.addItem("rb_fem", "female");
    RadioButton r2 = rbg.addItem("rb_male", "male");
    r1.setTooltip("I am female");
    r2.setTooltip("I am male");
    r2.setSelected(true);
    //     as alternative you can use
    //     rbg.setSelection("rb_male");
    form.addComponent(rbg);

End of the code.

Result

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