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How to place a long list of checkbox group in two columns

omidhz 23 Apr, 2017

I have a checkboxes group with 20 items in the group. How can I break them down to two columns in the frontend?

Max_admin 23 Apr, 2017

Hi omidhz,

I didn't try that before but you can use 2 groups of checkboxes in a multi fields area but give the 2 groups the SAME NAME.

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Max

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omidhz 23 Apr, 2017

I need the user to select at least one option from the group. If I make two separate groups, I'm not sure how to enforce this validation.
I tried to use server side validation (Validation action in Setup): I used the following two codes but both generated an error (my checkboxes group name is condition[] )

condition/minChecked[1]:Please select at least one option.

condition[]/minChecked[1]:Please select at least one option.

Max_admin 23 Apr, 2017

Answer

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What happens when you give the 2 groups the same name and id ? the client validation does not work ?

The server validation will use "required":
field_name/required:message

Best regards,
Max

Max, ChronoForms developer
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omidhz 23 Apr, 2017

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I thought having two groups with same name may cause problem with client validation. But it didn't
I added

minChecked[1]:Please select at least one option

to both group and it worked properly.

Thank you for your help.

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