Re: naming for 'mutually exclusive selection'

Charles Goodwin <[email protected]> Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:19:26 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.xwt.widgets
Organization XWT Foundation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Adam Megacz wrote:
> I still don't see why we need a different kind of selectable for radio
> buttons.  Why can't they have the same selectable as checkboxes, and
> then just layer the mux on top of that?  Perhaps even muxselectable
> which itself preapplies selectable.

I forgot to mention before, basically we're looking for a better name 
than muxselectable.

In no particular order:
- choosable
- electable
- exclusable
- markable
- muxselectable
- optable
- ordainable
- pickable
- radioable

A thesaurus on 'single out':
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=single%20out

A thesaurus on 'select':
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=select

Personally, I favour 'electable' because at least one definition of 
'elect' is exactly what we want this widget to convey:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=elect

- Charlie