PDFill PDF Form Maker: How to Create Check Box and Radio Button PDF Form field

New PDF Form Field: Check Box or Radio Button Form Field

(See Example PDF and Example PDFill Project File )

A check box field represents one or more check boxes that toggle between two states, on and off, when manipulated by the user with the mouse or keyboard.

A radio button field is a set of related buttons. Like check boxes, individual radio buttons have two states, on and off. A single radio button may not be turned off directly but only as a result of another button being turned on. Typically, a set of radio buttons have at most one button in the ON state at any given time; selecting any of the buttons automatically deselects all the others. Note: An exception occurs when multiple radio buttons with the export value in a field name have the same ON state. In that case, turning on one of the buttons turns on all of them.

If you want one check box or radio button in a group to be unchecked as another check box or radio button is checked, you should use the same field name. Furthermore, you need to use different export values to distinguish one choice from another.

1. Steps on how to create a Check Box or Radio Button PDF Form Field:

Choose Forms Menu > Select Check Box Tool or Radio Button Tool

or click Check Box Tool or Radio Button Tool in the Forms Toolbar.

Hold Left mouse button to create a form field of the required size
The new form field properties dialog comes up to set options
To copy multiple fields in one time, select the current text, click the Table Tools
To adjust the height of the box using the Font Size, click the Height Adjust Tool
You can create fields with the same name inside the same page or across different page

2. To access form field properties:

Click the Selection button first.
Click inside the field to highlight it and click Properties Button
Or, click the edge shadow and double-click again
Or, Key F4

3. Set Field Properties:

There are 4 tabs for the Check Box Field. Only Options Tab is different than that of Text Box field.
Please see the Text Box Field's tabs for General, Appearance, and Actions.

There are 4 tabs for the Radio Button Field. Only Options Tab is different than that of Text Box field.
Please see the Text Box Field's tabs for General, Appearance, and Actions.

Shape

Cross, Check, Radio and extra 188 Shapes. Please save into PDF to see the effect.

Export Value

The value of this item. If set ON, the all fields with the same field name will be ON state. This value will be exported as the value of the field name.

Check box is checked by default

If set, this item will be ON state. The field value will be the same as this export value.

Allow Unchecked

(Radio Button Only)

If set, this radio field will act as the check box and all the fields with the same field name can be all OFF state.

4. Screenshot

Here are the extra 188 Shapes:

Shape	Cross, Check, Radio and extra 188 Shapes. Please save into PDF to see the effect.
Export Value	The value of this item. If set ON, the all fields with the same field name will be ON state. This value will be exported as the value of the field name.
Check box is checked by default	If set, this item will be ON state. The field value will be the same as this export value.
Allow Unchecked (Radio Button Only)	If set, this radio field will act as the check box and all the fields with the same field name can be all OFF state.