Checkboxes

[Mike Kerner]

Whoops - yes, when I was describing what the code might be, I messed up and
didn't include the object type.  My bad.

But after looking at it again, I sort-of like not having to remind LC that
it's a group, or a control, or a button, etc.


On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> I don't like this idea.  Every control then has to have some special
> keyword for describing its state, even when the controls are compound, as
> radio buttons and segmented controls, tables, etc. are on mobile.
>  Originally, a checkbox was for one state, and a radio button was for
> multiple states.  A segmented control, a table, etc. are all differing
> visual representations of the same thing, but the way the behavior is
> described can vary, and as we have seen with mobile, the appearance can
> change, too.  Checkboxes still check...for now, but Jony Ive, or the lead
> designer from any other interface project can blow that paradigm up any
> time they choose, and you can choose to follow or not.
>
> So if, for single-state controls, you want to have a new property, then it
> should be something that is appearance-agnostic, like, I don't know,
> selected, perhaps, and I think it should be boolean and matter-of-fact
> if the selected of myCheckbox
> or
> if myCheckbox is selected
>
>
> For multi-state controls, again, the keyword should be appearance
> agnostic, or perhaps the control ought to be a single unit with multiple
> options instead of being independent controls
>
> if myRadioButtons is "one" then
> or
> if myListOfBundesligaSquads is "Bayer" then
>
> and the script of those controls should apply to every option in the
> "group" (for lack of a better word), and it ought to be a single control
> instead of several controls, like radio buttons are/tend-to-be.
>


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