Radio button queries

[Tigers!]

Gudday all
I would like to have a form with radio buttons and some text boxes and have some questions

<form name="catalogueDetails" method="post" action=""> 
 <input type="radio" checked="checked" name="printed" value="printed" />Printed version
 <span style="margin-right:45px;"></span>
 <input type="radio" name="cd" value="cd" />CD version<br /><br />
 <label>Name*:</label><input name="name" type="text" size="30" />
 <br /><br />
 <label>Address*:</label><input name="address" type="text" size="30" />
 <br /><br />
 <label>City/Town*:</label><input name="city" type="text" size="30" />
 <br /><br />
 <label>State*:</label><input name="state" type="text" size="30" />
 <br /><br />
 <label>Post code*:</label><input name="postcode" type="text" size="30" />
 <input type="submit" value="Order Catalogue">
</form>

1. Is it possible to combine radio buttons and text boxes in the same form?
2. By default the radio button is printed version yet it allows me to choose the cd version as well i.e. I can have both buttons selected simultaneously. I thought that this was not allowable?

[Nick]

1. What exactly do you mean? You can have as many radio buttons as you want in each form...

2. You need to name the radio buttons the same name if you want to choose between them and not be able to select both. For example:

<input type="radio" name="yesno" value="yes">Yes
<input type="radio" name="yesno" value="no">No

This way, the user can only have one of the two selected at a time. However, if they have different names, the user can select them both at the same time. So try changing your code to this:

<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="medium" value="printed" />Printed version
 <span style="margin-right:45px;"></span>
 <input type="radio" name="medium" value="cd" />CD version<br /><br />

[Tigers!]

Dear Possibility
Thank you for your prompt reply.

1. What exactly do you mean? You can have as many radio buttons as you want in each form...

I was a little unclear. What I meant can I combine radio buttons and text entry areas within the same
<form>
...
</form>?

2. You need to name the radio buttons the same name if you want to choose between them and not be able to select both. For example:

<input type="radio" name="yesno" value="yes">Yes
<input type="radio" name="yesno" value="no">No

This way, the user can only have one of the two selected at a time. However, if they have different names, the user can select them both at the same time. So try changing your code to this:

<input type="radio" checked="checked" name="medium" value="printed" />Printed version
 <span style="margin-right:45px;"></span>
 <input type="radio" name="medium" value="cd" />CD version<br /><br />

Thank you for that answer. I was close but not close enough.

[Nick]

I was a little unclear. What I meant can I combine radio buttons and text entry areas within the same
<form>
...
</form>?

I'm still not understanding exactly what you're getting at. You can have as many as any type of input in a single form as you want - radio buttons, check boxes, input lines, text areas, files, etc..

[C. Ankerstjerne]

You can't have both a checkbox and a radiobutton for the same form control. That would defeat the purpose of radiobuttons. Also, radiobuttons and checkboxes are different things; a checkbox is either yes or no, a radiobutton is a choice between multiple options.

You can of course combine the two elements, but they will have to have different names.