1 page.title=Switches 2 @jd:body 3 4 <p>Switches allow the user to select options. There are three kinds of switches: checkboxes, radio 5 buttons, and on/off switches.</p> 6 <h2 id="checkboxes">Checkboxes</h2> 7 8 <p>Checkboxes allow the user to select multiple options from a set. Avoid using a single checkbox to 9 turn an option off or on. Instead, use an on/off switch.</p> 10 11 <img src="{@docRoot}design/media/switches_checkboxes.png"> 12 13 <h2 id="radio-buttons">Radio Buttons</h2> 14 15 <p>Radio buttons allow the user to select one option from a set. Use radio buttons for exclusive 16 selection if you think that the user needs to see all available options side-by-side. Otherwise, 17 consider a spinner, which uses less space.</p> 18 19 <img src="{@docRoot}design/media/switches_radios.png"> 20 21 <h2 id="switches">On/off Switches</h2> 22 23 <p>On/off switches toggle the state of a single settings option.</p> 24 25 <img src="{@docRoot}design/media/switches_switches.png"> 26