How to make an Unclickable Check Box

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Dan Shafer <dan at shafermedia.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

I couldn't agree more, Dan ; but I just wanted to show
it was technically feasible, because I'm adventurous
that way *grin*
Yet another solution would be to have a button with
icon 201233 (a lovely checkmark) whose visibility you
can toggle.

Jan Schenkel.

=====
"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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