# Radio Buttons ## What does it do? - **General:** Radiobuttons are made for a single select of an options in the same layout as checkboxes. - **Mandatory:** This field could be marked as mandatory, so the user must fill min 1 radiobutton, otherwise the form can not be submitted. - **Prefill:** The field can be preselected from FlexForm, TypoScript, GET/Post-Params or from FE_User table. - **Special:** Options could also filled by TypoScript in powermail 2.1 and higher (static or dynamic) ## Frontend Output Example ![example_field_radio](../Images/example_field_radio.png) ## Backend Configuration Example ![record_field_radio_tab1](../Images/record_field_radio_tab1.png) ![record_field_radio_tab2](../Images/record_field_radio_tab2.png) ## Explanation | Field | Description | Explanation | Tab | |------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------| | Title | Add a label for this field. | The label is shown in the frontend near to this field. | General | | Type | Choose a fieldtype. | See explanation below for a special fieldtype. Different fields are related to some fieldtypes – not all fields are shown on every type. | General | | Options | Options to check | Separate each with a new line. **Note: see following table for examples, how to precheck or clean a value** | General | | Email of sender | Check this if this field contains the email of the sender. | This is needed to set the correct sender-email-address. If there is no field marked as Senderemail within the current form, powermail will use a default value for the Senderemail. | General | | Name of sender | Check this if this field contains the name (or a part of the name) of the sender. | This is needed to set the correct sender-name. If there is no field marked as Sendername within the current form, powermail will use a default value for the Sendername. | General | | Mandatory Field | This field must contain input. | Check this if the field must contain input, otherwise submitting the form is not possible. | Extended | | Value from logged in Frontend User | Check if field should be filled from the FE_Users table of a logged in fe_user. | This value overwrites a static value, if set. | Extended | | Create from TypoScript | Fill Options from TypoScript | If you want to create your options (see above) from TypoScript, you can use this field. Please split each line in your TypoScript with [\n] | Extended | | Layout | Choose a layout. | This adds a CSS-Class to the frontend output. Administrator can add, remove or rename some of the entries. | Extended | | Description | Add a description for this field. | Per default a description will be rendered as title-attribute in the labels in frontend. | Extended | | Variables – Individual Fieldname | This is a marker of this field. | Use a field variable with {marker} in any RTE or HTML-Template. The marker name is equal in any language. | Extended | | Add own Variable | Check this, if you want to set your own marker (see row before). | After checking this button, TYPO3 ask you to reload. After a reload, you see a new field for setting an own marker. | Extended | | Language | Choose a language. | Choose in which frontend language this record should be rendered. | Access | | Hide | Disable the form | Enable or disable this record. | Access | | Start | Startdate for this record. | Same function as known from default content elements or pages in TYPO3. | Access | | Stop | Stopdate for this record. | Same function as known from default content elements or pages in TYPO3. | Access | ## Option examples for selectbox
Example option HTML Output
Red <label>Red</label><input type="radio" value=”Red” />
Yellow | 1 <label>Yellow</label><input type="radio" value=”1” />
Blue | <label>Blue</label><input type="radio" value=”” />
Black Shoes | black | * <label>Black Shoes</label><input type="radio" value=”black” checked=”checked” />
White | | * <label>White</label><input type="radio" value=”” checked=”checked” />
Red Shoes | red | *
Yellow Shoes | yellow | * 		<label>Red Shoes</label><input type="radio" value=”red” checked=”checked” />
<label>Yellow Shoes</label><input type="radio" value=”yellow” checked=”checked” />