Toggle Buttons: The buttons that can change from one state to another, i.e. which can be toggled from on state to off state or vice-versa are called toggle buttons. For example:
- A particular switch in our house can either be on or off. This is a very good example of a real life toggle switch.
- The WiFi or Bluetooth option in our phone is another example, that can either be on or off.
Radio Button: As the name suggests, it is the concept of the buttons in a radio, where for the first station, we select the first button, for the second station we select the second button and so on. It is like a multiple-choice question where at a time only one button will be active. Here we select from a list of options. For example:
- Buttons in a FM Radio.
- Multiple choice questions in an exam.
Example: Create a radio button using Bootstrap.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content=
"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Radio Button</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="radio">
<div class="btn-group btn-group-toggle" data-toggle="buttons">
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button1" autocomplete="off" checked> Radio button 1
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary active">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button2" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 2
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button3" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 3
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button4" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 4
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button5" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 5
</label>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Important points:
- We have to add a checked attribute to any one of the radio buttons such that it is pre-selected when the page loads. It is a boolean attribute.
- The same name has to be given to all the set of elements.
Example 2: The following code will help us to understand the difference (in code) to design a toggle and a radio button.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<!-- Latest compiled and minified CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href=
<!-- jQuery library -->
<script src=
</script>
<!-- Popper JS -->
<script src=
</script>
<!-- Latest compiled JavaScript -->
<script src=
</script>
<meta name="viewport" content=
"width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
<link href=
rel="stylesheet">
<link href=
"https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Lato:ital,wght@0,100;0,300;0,400;1,300&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
<script src=
type="text/javascript">
</script>
<link href=
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/lightbox.min.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src=
"js/lightbox-plus-jquery.min.js">
</script>
<title>Buttons</title>
<style>
.toggle,
.radio {
margin: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="toggle">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning" data-toggle="button" autocomplete="off">
Toggle Button
</button>
</div>
<div class="radio">
<div class="btn-group btn-group-toggle" data-toggle="buttons">
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button1" autocomplete="off"
checked> Radio button 1
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary active">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button2" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 2
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button3" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 3
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button4" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 4
</label>
<label class="btn btn-primary">
<input type="radio" name="button" id="button5" autocomplete="off">
Radio button 5
</label>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output: