Allowing ExclusiveGroup for checkboxes is a design mistake in Qt. Checkboxes should never be simply mutually exclusive, because people understand them as being independent. <http://www.nngroup.com/articles /checkboxes-vs-radio-buttons/>
Checkboxes should seldom ever be related to each other at all. For example, in a set of formatting checkboxes, [_] Bold [_] Italic [_] Underline [_] Double underline, the last two might be mutually exclusive, but otherwise they're all independent. The real problem here is that the Ubuntu toolkit is missing radio buttons (bug 1211866), so developers are forced to confuse users by using checkboxes instead. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-ui-toolkit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1360840 Title: Checkbox should provide an exclusiveGroup property similar to upstream Qt CheckBox Status in Ubuntu UI Toolkit: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upstream QtQuick Controls provide a CheckBox [1] which has a property called "exclusiveGroup" which comes in handy when trying to ensure that only one checkbox is checked within a group. For example, say in the UI we present a group choice like shown below where a user is expected to only choose one option. Using upstream QT Checkbox, this is quite simple to implement, while using the Ubuntu SDK Checkbox is a hassle. Choose an Alarm Sound [ ] Suru Arpeggio [x] Ubuntu [ ] Metal Piano [1] http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/qml-qtquick-controls-checkbox.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/+bug/1360840/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
