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Feature Request FR-1616
Product Area Application Builder
Status CLOSED

26 Voters

Label on the left of checkbox

igor.kortchnoi Public · Mar 18 2021

It would be great if it would be possible to be able to set declaratively checkbox's label on the left in a form.

We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that due to all the internal implications we need to take into account, it is unlikely to make its way into APEX.

5 Comments

Comments

  • shakeeb.rahman Admin OP 3.1 years ago

    Hi Igor,

    Could you share some more details or a few use cases for this idea? 

    As of APEX 20.2, there is a Checkbox item type where the label will be displayed to the right of the checkbox. You could also use the Checkbox Group item type where the item label is displayed to the left; but each checkbox needs to have a label (which is displayed to the right of the checkbox).

    Thanks!

  • igor.kortchnoi OP 3.1 years ago

    Hi Rahman
    The only use case is the aesthetic one.

    Here is a part of the form currently used in our application. All labels are aligned on the left. 

    If checkbox labels are shown on the right, it will look ugly. We are using APEX 19.2 and the “Simple Checkbox” plugin.

  • mark.daems OP 2.5 years ago

    I don't even understand why this isn't the standard behavior for checkboxes as they often just represent a simple yes/no answer to a question. 

    They are really different from radiobuttons that usually have no reason to exist alone.

  • john.snyders APEX Team OP 2.5 years ago

    I disagree with this. From the earliest days of desktop UI the checkbox is at the start of the label. This I assume is a direct carry over from paper based forms and questionnaires.
    However in all matters of UI there differences in opinion and it is reasonable that this should be an option so I'll add my yes vote even though I can't see a case where I would use it.
    Also now in web and mobile UI the switch seems to have replaced most single checkboxes.

  • vincent morneau Admin OP 6 months ago

    The team revisisted this idea today decided to close it.

    As per the W3C specs: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G162.html

    Labels for radio buttons and checkboxes are positioned after the field.