Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons - Which one is more usable?
- by Engram
I'm currently working on some setting screens, most of which contain a 2 column form with a preference question on the left, and a form element on the right.
The questions are things like:
Can add/edit other users?
Can delete clients?
Obviously this setting is a binary setting and most UI "experts" would insist that a checkbox is the appropriate form element to use.
However, when I mocked up the form with the checkboxes it looked unfriendly and it seemed hard to relate the state of the checkbox back to the question.
I changed the form to use two radio buttons instead:
Yes o No
Personally I find this easier to process, as the options are actually answers to the question posed on the left.
In terms of clicking it makes no difference to the user, it's a single click each time to change the setting.
What do you think of this use of radio buttons? Is this better or worse than a checkbox and why?
