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Use a Radio Button or Checkbox with Button

Use a Radio Button or Checkbox with Button

— Requires Surveys and Polls plugin

You can use Radio Buttons and Checkboxes options with buttons in your survey form. It can be customized for a survey, quiz, poll, purchase form, and many more. Survey Form Checkbox Radio with Buttons as Images form

If you haven't already done so, install the WordPress Survey and Polls plugin.

Add radio or checkbox with buttons

To add buttons in a Checkbox or Radio Button field: Survey Form Checkbox Radio with Buttons

  1. Add a Radio button or Checkbox field to your form.
  2. Select the Buttons icon as the display format.
  3. Select the alignment for the text in the Text Alignment dropdown.

Use images in buttons

To add images or icons in a button: Survey Form Checkbox Radio with Buttons Images

  1. Select the Buttons icon as the display format.
  2. Then select the Use images in buttons checkbox if you want to show buttons with an image or icon.
  3. Select the alignment for the image in the Image Alignment dropdown.
  4. Each option includes an image and a text label. For each option:
    • Click on the Upload Image button to choose an image. You can upload a new image or choose an image that's already in the Media Library.
    • Fill in a text label. Each option must have a text label, even if you're not showing it in the form.

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Display Buttons with images

Display selected button values and their image in a form confirmation message, email, or View.

Shortcode options

  • Show label and image: If an image is uploaded in the field option, it will show the label and image by default.
    [x]

    Replace x with the ID of the radio/checkbox field.

  • Hide image: Hide the image and show only the label:
    [x show_image=0]

    Replace x with the ID of the radio/checkbox field.

  • Hide label: Hide the label and show only the image.
    [x show_label=0]

    Replace x with the ID of the radio/checkbox field.

  • Add link: Link to the full-sized image.
    [x add_link=1]

    Replace x with the ID of the radio/checkbox field.

  • Open link in a new tab: Open the link to the image in a new browser tab. The new_tab=1 parameter must be used in conjunction with the add_link=1 parameter.
    [x add_link=1 new_tab=1]

    Replace x with the ID of the radio/checkbox field.

  • Show attachment ID: Display the attachment ID of the selected image.
    [x show=id]

    Replace x with the ID of the file upload field.

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