Re: [orca-list] Your opinion on radio button and check box presentation?

[Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com>]

+1 for selected.
This sounds less technical and more for the common man.
happy hacking.
Krishnakant.
On 11/14/2013 01:18 PM, Robert Cole wrote:
> Admittedly, it can be an annoyance. I thnk that there is some 
> unwritten "Coder's Code" as to why the states "selected" and "checked" 
> are used for these two different kinds of buttons, but it does feel 
> inconsistent to me. Someone out there may have a different case 
> scenario, but I think that "selected" and  "not selected" would be 
> fine across check boxes and radio buttons.
>
> On 11/13/2013 10:07 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey all.
> >
> > Given a checked/selected widget labeled foo, Orca says:
> >
> > * Foo selected radio button
> > * Foo check box checked
> >
> > I know it's minor, but inconsistency bugs me. And these feel like they
> > are inconsistent for no good reason. So... Is there a valid reason why
> > they are different, other than "it's always been that way"? Or does this
> > nit annoy you as well?
> >
> > --joanie (who may have acquired a widget neurosis from the refactor)
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