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Re: wondering about radio buttons and check boxes

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From: Steve Green
Date: Mar 24, 2024 1:16AM

There's nothing wrong with using replacement techniques for radio buttons and checkboxes as long as they are implemented correctly. I can't comment on the use of "appearance: none" because I've not seen it used in any of the replacement techniques we've encountered.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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Subject: [WebAIM] wondering about radio buttons and check boxes

Hi All,

The following article made me recall a discussion here several years ago that covering up traditional radio buttons and check boxes with custom designs is a bit of a kludge. Is that still the consensus?

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/how-to-make-custom-accessible-checkboxes-and-
radio-buttons--cms-32074t#page-content



That has also gotten me to wonder about the relatively new CSS technique of setting "appearance: none" to create some opportunity for making these controls more attractive and standardized across platforms. I can no longer see the screen enough to tell whether these techniques really work. Would like to hear your thoughts . It seems to me that these techniques could have a lot of appeal to Web designers and developers.



Jeff Gutsell