| Client-side object | |
| Implemented in |
Navigator 2.0 Navigator 3.0: added type property; added blur and focus methods.Navigator 4.0: added handleEvent method.
|
Created by
The HTML INPUT tag, with "radio" as the value of the TYPE attribute. All the radio buttons in a single group must have the same value for the NAME attribute. This allows them to be accessed as a single group.
For a given form, the JavaScript runtime engine creates an individual Radio object for each radio button in that form. It puts in a single array all the Radio objects that have the same value for the NAME attribute. It puts that array in the elements array of the corresponding Form object. If a single form has multiple sets of radio buttons, the elements array has multiple Radio objects.
You access a set of buttons by accessing the Form.elements array (either by number or by using the value of the NAME attribute). To access the individual radio buttons in that set, you use the returned object array. For example, if your document has a form called emp with a set of radio buttons whose NAME attribute is "dept", you would access the individual buttons as document.emp.dept[0], document.emp.dept[1], and so on.
Radio object on a form looks as follows:
Radio object is a form element and must be defined within a FORM tag.
| Removes focus from the radio button. |
| Simulates a mouse-click on the radio button. |
| Gives focus to the radio button. |
| Invokes the handler for the specified event. |
Examples
Example 1. The following example defines a radio button group to choose among three music catalogs. Each radio button is given the same name, NAME="musicChoice", forming a group of buttons for which only one choice can be selected. The example also defines a text field that defaults to what was chosen via the radio buttons but that allows the user to type a nonstandard catalog name as well. The onClick event handler sets the catalog name input field when the user clicks a radio button.
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="catalog" SIZE="20">
Example 2. The following example contains a form with three text boxes and three radio buttons. The radio buttons let the user choose whether the text fields are converted to uppercase or lowercase, or not converted at all. Each text field has an
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="musicChoice" VALUE="soul-and-r&b"
onClick="musicForm.catalog.value = 'soul-and-r&b'"> Soul and R&B
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="musicChoice" VALUE="jazz"
onClick="musicForm.catalog.value = 'jazz'"> Jazz
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="musicChoice" VALUE="classical"
onClick="musicForm.catalog.value = 'classical'"> ClassicalonChange event handler that converts the field value depending on which radio button is checked. The radio buttons for uppercase and lowercase have onClick event handlers that convert all fields when the user clicks the radio button.
<HTML>
See also the example for
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Radio object example</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function convertField(field) {
if (document.form1.conversion[0].checked) {
field.value = field.value.toUpperCase()}
else {
if (document.form1.conversion[1].checked) {
field.value = field.value.toLowerCase()}
}
}
function convertAllFields(caseChange) {
if (caseChange=="upper") {
document.form1.lastName.value = document.form1.lastName.value.toUpperCase()
document.form1.firstName.value = document.form1.firstName.value.toUpperCase()
document.form1.cityName.value = document.form1.cityName.value.toUpperCase()}
else {
document.form1.lastName.value = document.form1.lastName.value.toLowerCase()
document.form1.firstName.value = document.form1.firstName.value.toLowerCase()
document.form1.cityName.value = document.form1.cityName.value.toLowerCase()
}
}
</SCRIPT>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="form1">
<B>Last name:</B>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastName" SIZE=20 onChange="convertField(this)">
<BR><B>First name:</B>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstName" SIZE=20 onChange="convertField(this)">
<BR><B>City:</B>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="cityName" SIZE=20 onChange="convertField(this)">
<P><B>Convert values to:</B>
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="conversion" VALUE="upper"
onClick="if (this.checked) {convertAllFields('upper')}"> Upper case
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="conversion" VALUE="lower"
onClick="if (this.checked) {convertAllFields('lower')}"> Lower case
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="conversion" VALUE="noChange"> No conversion
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>Link.
See also
Checkbox, Form, Select
Properties
checked
A Boolean value specifying the selection state of a radio button.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Security
Navigator 3.0: This property is tainted by default. For information on data tainting, see "JavaScript Security".
Description
If a radio button is selected, the value of its checked property is true; otherwise, it is false. You can set the checked property at any time. The display of the radio button updates immediately when you set the checked property.
At any given time, only one button in a set of radio buttons can be checked. When you set the checked property for one radio button in a group to true, that property for all other buttons in the group becomes false.
Examples
The following example examines an array of radio buttons called musicType on the musicForm form to determine which button is selected. The VALUE attribute of the selected button is assigned to the checkedButton variable.
function stateChecker() {
var checkedButton = ""
for (var i in document.musicForm.musicType) {
if (document.musicForm.musicType[i].checked=="1") {
checkedButton=document.musicForm.musicType[i].value
}
}
} See also
Radio.defaultChecked
defaultChecked
A Boolean value indicating the default selection state of a radio button.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Security
Navigator 3.0: This property is tainted by default. For information on data tainting, see "JavaScript Security".
Description
If a radio button is selected by default, the value of the defaultChecked property is true; otherwise, it is false. defaultChecked initially reflects whether the CHECKED attribute is used within an INPUT tag; however, setting defaultChecked overrides the CHECKED attribute.
Unlike for the checked property, changing the value of defaultChecked for one button in a radio group does not change its value for the other buttons in the group.
You can set the defaultChecked property at any time. The display of the radio button does not update when you set the defaultChecked property, only when you set the checked property.
Examples
The following example resets an array of radio buttons called musicType on the musicForm form to the default selection state:
function radioResetter() {
var i=""
for (i in document.musicForm.musicType) {
if (document.musicForm.musicType[i].defaultChecked==true) {
document.musicForm.musicType[i].checked=true
}
}
} See also
Radio.checked
form
An object reference specifying the form containing the radio button.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Read-only | |
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Description
Each form element has a form property that is a reference to the element's parent form. This property is especially useful in event handlers, where you might need to refer to another element on the current form.
name
A string specifying the name of the set of radio buttons with which this button is associated.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Security
Navigator 3.0: This property is tainted by default. For information on data tainting, see "JavaScript Security".
Description
The name property initially reflects the value of the NAME attribute. Changing the name property overrides this setting.
All radio buttons that have the same value for their name property are in the same group and are treated together. If you change the name of a single radio button, you change which group of buttons it belongs to.
Do not confuse the name property with the label displayed on a Button. The value property specifies the label for the button. The name property is not displayed onscreen; it is used to refer programmatically to the button.
valueGetter function uses a for loop to iterate over the array of elements on the valueTest form. The msgWindow window displays the names of all the elements on the form:
newWindow=window.open("http://home.netscape.com")
function valueGetter() {
var msgWindow=window.open("")
for (var i = 0; i < newWindow.document.valueTest.elements.length; i++) {
msgWindow.document.write(newWindow.document.valueTest.elements[i].name + "<BR>")
}
}
Radio objects, the value of the type property is "radio". This property specifies the form element's type.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Read-only | |
| Implemented in | Navigator 3.0 |
Examples
The following example writes the value of the type property for every element on a form.
for (var i = 0; i < document.form1.elements.length; i++) {
document.writeln("<BR>type is " + document.form1.elements[i].type)
}
value
A string that reflects the VALUE attribute of the radio button.
| Property of |
Radio
|
| Read-only | |
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Security
Navigator 3.0: This property is tainted by default. For information on data tainting, see "JavaScript Security".
Description
When a VALUE attribute is specified in HTML, the value property is a string that reflects it. When a VALUE attribute is not specified in HTML, the value property is a string that evaluates to "on". The value property is not displayed on the screen but is returned to the server if the radio button or checkbox is selected.
Do not confuse the property with the selection state of the radio button or the text that is displayed next to the button. The checked property determines the selection state of the object, and the defaultChecked property determines the default selection state. The text that is displayed is specified following the INPUT tag.
Examples
The following function evaluates the value property of a group of radio buttons and displays it in the msgWindow window:
function valueGetter() {
This example displays the following values:
var msgWindow=window.open("")
for (var i = 0; i < document.valueTest.radioObj.length; i++) {
msgWindow.document.write
("The value of radioObj[" + i + "] is " +
document.valueTest.radioObj[i].value +"<BR>")
}
msgWindow.document.close()
}on
The previous example assumes the buttons have been defined as follows:
on
on
on<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioObj">R&B
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioObj" CHECKED>Soul
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioObj">Rock and Roll
<BR><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="radioObj">Blues See also
Radio.checked, Radio.defaultChecked
Methods
blur
Removes focus from the radio button.
| Method of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Syntax
blur()
Parameters
None
See also
Radio.focus
click
Simulates a mouse-click on the radio button, but does not trigger the button's onClick event handler.
| Method of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Syntax
click()
Parameters
None
Examples
The following example toggles the selection status of the first radio button in the musicType Radio object on the musicForm form:
document.musicForm.musicType[0].click()
The following example toggles the selection status of the newAge checkbox on the musicForm form:
document.musicForm.newAge.click()
focus
Gives focus to the radio button.
| Method of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 2.0 |
Syntax
focus()
Parameters
None
Description
Use the focus method to navigate to the radio button and give it focus. The user can then easily toggle that button.
See also
Radio.blur
handleEvent
Invokes the handler for the specified event.
| Method of |
Radio
|
| Implemented in | Navigator 4.0 |
Syntax
handleEvent(event)
Parameters
event | The name of an event for which the specified object has an event handler. |
Last Updated: 10/31/97 12:32:20