How to create controlgroup widget using jQuery-ui ?

Last Updated : 22 Oct, 2021

Controlgroups are used to group a set of buttons to form a single block visually. It looks contained like a navigation component. Controlgroup is used to group various input widgets like checkboxes, buttons, etc.

Horizontal controlgroup widget: In the horizontal control group, we can create a set of buttons horizontally.

Syntax:

$(".first_class" ).controlgroup({});

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <link href= 
'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css'
        rel='stylesheet'> 
  
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <div class="first_class"> 
            <label for="radio_1"> 
                Stationery 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_1"> 
            <label for="radio_2"> 
                Electronics 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_2"> 
            <label for="radio_3"> 
                Clothing 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_3"> 
        </div> 
  
        <script> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".first_class").controlgroup({}); 
            }) 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Vertical controlgroup widget: In the vertical controlgroup widget, we can create a set of buttons vertically.

Syntax:

$(".first_class").controlgroup({"direction": "vertical"});

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <link href= 
'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css'
        rel='stylesheet'> 
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.min.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <div class="first_class"> 
            <label for="radio_1"> 
                Stationery 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_1"> 
            <label for="radio_2"> 
                Electronics 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_2"> 
            <label for="radio_3"> 
                Clothing 
            </label> 
            <input type="radio" name="type" id="radio_3"> 
        </div> 
  
        <script> 
            $(document).ready(function () { 
                $(".first_class").controlgroup( 
                    { "direction": "vertical" }); 
            }) 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html> 