Form Radio component

About

An input that that allows the site visitor to select only one option in a group.

Usage

The vf-form__radio can be used when a site visitor has a choice of options but can only pick one.

When to use

Use a group of vf-form__radio when you have a set of options for the site visitor but you only want them to be able to pick one.

When not to use

Do not use the vf-form__radio when you only want the site visitor to pick one option from the options. For this use case you should only used the vf-radio button component.

Implementation

A vf-form__radio must be accompanied by a vf-form__label inside a vf-form__item with the vf-form__item--radii variant.

You can also use the vf-form__helper to add some more descriptive, explanitory text under the vf-form__label. See the examples for the correct markup.

The .vf-form__radio needs to grouped into a vf-form__fieldset and using the vf-form__label to help the site visitor understand what they are choosing for.

Generally the vf-form__fieldset will use the vf-stack layout component to stack the vf-form__radio on top of each other. You can set these to be inline by using the vf-cluster layout component as well. See the examples for the correct markup.

Install

This component is distributed with npm. After installing npm, you can install the vf-form__radio with this command.

$ yarn add --dev @visual-framework/vf-form__radio

Sass/CSS

The source files included are written in Sass(scss). You can point your Sass include-path at your node_modules directory and import it like this.

@import "@visual-framework/vf-form__radio/index.scss";

Make sure you import Sass requirements along with the modules. You can use a project boilerplate or the vf-sass-starter

Help

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