Talk:Check box

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Contents 1 Image 2 Two-way vs multiple options 3 "checkbox" vs "check box" 4 In Unicode

[edit] Image

Can we get an image of one of these? Mark Richards 22:57, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Looks like this request was fulfilled in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_box&diff=176761583&oldid=174860523 by User:Simeon87. Thanks! (There was an earlier image, too, but it was apparently removed for copyvio reasons.) -- era (Talk | History) 06:00, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Two-way vs multiple options

I don't think the description as the control allowing "multiple selections from a number of options" is quite accurate, or very informative. It's not informative in that this description could apply to a list, drop-down list, radiobox, or a number of other control types; and it isn't accurate in that the checkbox's primary function really is to allow selection between two states. The tri-state checkbox is an unusual variant which is definitely worth including, but shouldn't be included in the primary definition of what a checkbox is, in my opinion. --VinceBowdren 10:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "checkbox" vs "check box"

Google Trends shows that "checkbox" is much more common than "check box". Should the article be changed to reflect this? Herorev 13:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

The difference is pretty minor so I wouldn't bother unless an authoritative source declares one the 'correct' term. And I'm not convinced that google trends is a sufficiently authoritative source. --VinceBowdren 19:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Please, NOOOO. Bad English usage, Junk English, whatever you want to call it: it's bad enough to rely on the term "check box." You have to select one, you can't "check" one. cb

Check is perfectly good english as a synonym for tick (both as a verb and a noun) cf dictionary.com. --VinceBowdren 19:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In Unicode

No Unicode codepoints? --Kjoonlee 10:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Remedied in http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Check_box&diff=193674477&oldid=190870227, by none other than Kjoonlee.-- era (Talk | History) 06:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)