HTML - Radio

A radio represents a serie of mutually-exclusive choices in a form.

It is an input element of type radio.

A radio is round to distinguish from the square checkbox.

As the checkbox, the state of the radio buttons is managed by the boolean value of the checked attribute.

<form>
    <p>Pizza crust:</p>
    <p>
        <input type="radio" name="choice" value="regular" >
        <label for="choice1id">Regular crust</label>
</p>
<p>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="deep" checked >
    <label for="choice2id">Deep dish</label>
</p>

• To get the value with a formData object

let formData = new FormData(document.querySelector("form"));
console.log(`The actual value is: ${formData.get("choice")}`);

If no input element is checked, the control is not complete and no key/value will be send on submit.

A radio modification can be captured with the change event

Demo:

• A serie of radio input with the same name (ie choice) and different value

<p>Pizza crust:</p>
<p>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="regular" onchange="return handleChange(this);">
    <label for="choice1id">Regular crust</label>
</p>
<p>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="deep" onchange="return handleChange(this);" checked>
    <label for="choice2id">Deep dish</label>
</p>
<p>
    <input type="radio" name="choice" value="thin" onchange="return handleChange(this);">
    <label for="choice2id">Thin crust</label>
</p>

• to handle the change event

let handleChange = (element) => {
   console.log("The pizza crust chosen is "+element.value);
}

• To style the below radio buttons:

<input type="radio"  name="color" value="blue" checked/>
<input type="radio"  name="color" value="red"/>

• first disable the browser styling

input[type="radio"] {
  appearance: none;
}

• Then make you own.
• Styling for Checked or unchecked radio

input[type="radio"] {
  width: 2rem;
  height: 2rem;
  border-radius: 2em;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.25);
  background-color: #20c997;
  border-color: #20c997;
}

• Styling when checked, with the checked pseudo class

input[type="radio"]:checked {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' fill='%23fff' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3e%3cpath d='M10.97 4.97a.75.75 0 0 1 1.07 1.05l-3.99 4.99a.75.75 0 0 1-1.08.02L4.324 8.384a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06-1.06l2.094 2.093 3.473-4.425a.267.267 0 0 1 .02-.022z'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
}

• Output:

Programmatic example for aria role, css and javascript¹⁾. Just try the code to see it entirely.

<div role="radiogroup" aria-labelledby="gdesc1">
  <h3>Pizza Crust</h3>
  <div role="radio" aria-checked="false" tabindex="0">Regular crust</div>
  <div role="radio" aria-checked="false" tabindex="-1">Deep dish</div>
  <div role="radio" aria-checked="false" tabindex="-1">Thin crust</div>
</div>

• the visuals for the radio buttons

Because a radio is an input element, it's focusable meaning that the arrow keys (up down, left, right) change the selection.

• input/radio
• https://www.w3.org/wiki/RadioButton
• https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-wai-aria-practices-1.1-20160317/examples/radio/radio.html