Introduction

The CheckBox is one of the generic HTML Form input elements.

In the Form Builder, one is able to define the options available to the Select Box via various means, including the use of Options Binder.

Get Started

The easiest way to see how the CheckBoxes works are to use the existing built-in App Expenses Claims. Here are the steps:

Steps

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Start Joget Server and open the App Center.
Log in as admin and click on the pencil icon on the Expenses Claim to open the Design App. (see Figure 1)
Click on Expense Claim New and you will be directed to the Form Builder.
Drag and drop a CheckBox element on to the canvas.
Hover the mouse over the CheckBox element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit CheckBox properties.
Fill up the Edit CheckBox properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 2):
1. ID: type
2. Label: Type
3. Options Hardcoded:
  Value Label
  Local Local
  International International
Click on Preview

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Figure 1: Sample CheckBox in Form Builder

Name	Description	Screen (Click to view)
ID	Element ID (By declaring as "type", a corresponding database table column "c_type" will be created)
Label	Element Label to be displayed to end user.
Options (Hardcoded)	Select Box options Options defined here will not be put into use if Options Binder is defined below.
Or Choose Options Binder	Options to be populated dynamically using Options Binder plugin.

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Default Value	Default Value when there's no existing value found/selected. A Hash Variable is accepted here. For example, you may key the following #currentUser.firstName# #currentUser.lastName# to pre-populate the field with currently logged in user's name. You may define multiple default options by separating them using semicolons. Sample option1;option2;option3
Validator	Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value. When will validation takes place? Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

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Field ID to control available options based on Grouping	Dynamically change the available options based on the "grouping" attribute defined in the options by matching the current value of the element ID defined.

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Readonly	Determines if the element is editable.
Display field as Label when readonly?	Displays the value of the element as plain text when element is set to "Readonly".

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Workflow Variable	If the form is part of a workflow process, upon saving of the form (by clicking on "Save as Draft" or "Complete" button). The value in this input field will be saved into the corresponding workflow variable named here. Using a non-existent Workflow Variable name You will get the following warning with the name printed out (e.g. status) in the server log if you attempt to map to a non-existent Workflow Variable. context attribute status does not exist in process context - adding new attributes to the process context is not allowed