Re: naming for 'mutually exclusive selection'

I dunno, I'm pretty partial to mux.  If that's a no-go, then my next
choice would be exclusivelyselectable (wordy, though).  None of the
others are both obvious and unambiguous.

  - a

Charles Goodwin <[email protected]> writes:
> 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
> 
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