Never use a lone radio button Usability Guideline

Description

Never use one radio button alone.

Help

Use at least two radio buttons together. If users can choose not to activate any of the radio button choices, provide a choice labeled ‘None’.

Applicable standards

Note: The guidelines.usability.gov website has been down since July 2020, although www.usability.gov is still operating and the PDF version of the guidelines is still available.

Change history

  • 6.53 Jul 2024 Don’t fire for hidden elements.
  • 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

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Rule ID: UseGov13.23.1