How to make an Unclickable Check Box

[Dan Shafer]

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Jan Schenkel suggested to 
Sannyasin:


> Turn off the autoHilite of the checkbox, and leave the
> script of the checkbox empty. Now it won't be hilited
> unless you set its hilite from a script.
>
Pardon the intrusion, but it may be worth noting that an unclickable 
checkbox is a violation of Apple's Human Interface Guidelines and of 
general UI design rules about user expectations. I'd respectfully 
suggest some other way of indicating the user's connected state than a 
checkbox he can't click on or change. I guarantee you'll have 
frustrated and confused users.

A text label whose contents changes from CONNECTED to NOT CONNECTED 
would be as easy to design and code and be much more meaningful in the 
bargain.

Just MHO.