Configure Checklists and Checkboxes

Use a checklist control to add a list of options to your form. A checklist allows users to select one or more options. Use a checkbox control to your form to allow users to specify a true or false value.

Note that a check box control is set to false by default. You can edit the Default Value property on the Properties tab to change the default value.

To configure a check list or a check box control:
  1. From the Basic palette, drag the Checklist or the Checkbox control onto the canvas.
  2. Select the control and use the General tab in the Properties pane to configure the following:
    Field Description

    Name

    An internal identifier that you will use to identify the control.

    Label

    Specifies the control name that displays to the user.

    For check box controls, if you select the Inline HTML check box below the Label field, the value that you enter in the Label field is treated as an inline HTML.

    Binding

    Defines a link between the control and a data attribute.

    Help

    Help text that will appear for the control. If you specify help text, a help icon appears next to the name of the control and displays the help text when a user hovers over it or clicks it.

    Required

    Select this property to specify that users must provide a value in order to successfully submit the form. An asterisk displays to indicate that it's a required field.

    Inline

    Specify the layout of the options defined for the checklist control. If enabled, the layout changes from vertical to horizontal.

    Disabled

    Select this property to display the control as inactive (grayed out) to users.

    Hide

    Select this property to hide the control.

    Sorted

    Select this property to display the options sorted alphabetically for the checklist control.

    Options Source

    Specify if the checklist control's options should come from static values you enter or from a list of values data attributes.

    • Static: Specify choices using Options Names and Options Values fields. Use Options Names to specify the label to display for an option and use Options Values to specify an internal value for an option.

    • From Data: In the Options List field, select a list of values options source from the data definitions available in the web form. If you selected a list of complex elements, then, in the Label Binding field, specify a data attribute that will display as the label and in the Value Binding field, specify a data attribute that will be the value.

    Default Value

    If you selected Static in the Options Source field for a checklist control, then specify a default option in this field.

    If you selected From Data in the Options Source field for a checklist control, then select either the first or the last value as the default value.

    For a checkbox control, select either True or False as the default value.

    Auto Focus

    Select this property to automatically focus on the checklist control or a specific option in the checklist control.
  3. Use the Styling tab in the Properties pane to modify the control’s appearance as needed. See Styling Properties.