Hiding a table row based on radio button selection

[Eirik]

Hi,

I'm looking to hide/display certain table rows based on which radio button is selected. I've found some code that does this using checkboxes, but I need radio buttons (only one selection allowed) and I can't seem to get it to work.

Does anyone know of such a script?

Thanks in advance !

[Vincent Puglia]

Hi,

check out the dHTML tutorials/scripts at my site (GrassBlade). BTW: the only diff between checkbox & radio button is the latter is an array.

Vinny

[beetle]

That's not true Vinny - checkboxes are arrays too (provided you have two or more with the same name). Otherwise, they are just single elements. Likewise, a single radio button is a single element, and not a 1-length array.

[Vincent Puglia]

Hi Beetle,

True, but exceptions to the norm are exceptions. People are not used to seeing a solitary radio button; nor would they understand an array of checkboxes. Common usage says a checkbox is used for solitary things that have no opposite -- you either want it or you don't. Radio buttons are usually used for mutually exclusive things -- male/female, on/off, screaming/loud/normal/soft/whisper. So yes, technically I fudged, but...

Vinny

[beetle]

Common usage says a checkbox is used for solitary things that have no opposite

Uhhh, I disagree. Checkboxes are more commonly used in groups than in singles. Such as your private messages, or registering a domain name. Basically, in this way they act much like a multipleSelect, but have great scanability and flexibility of presentation.

Yes, I realize that checkboxes are often used for "I Agree to these Terms" scenarios, but I've seen two radio buttons used for such binary situations as well, such as Google's Advanced Search (see the SafeSearch setting).

I'm not suggesting that radio-buttons should be use in single, just merely stating that checkboxes aren't always so.