Have check box as field type

[Amishra]

Currently PPM has different types of fields like Drop downs, ACL's, text etc. Can we add another field type as 'check box'?

[Etienne_Canaud]

So far the way to "workaround" the checkbox is to use "Yes/No Button" validation, which displays two Radio Buttons with Yes/No, saving the field value as "Y" or "N". 

This is equivalent to a checkbox, but I agree that a "real" checkbox would be more user friendly in some case, so let's open this idea for votes.

Thanks for your input as always!

[Amishra]

Appreciate it Etienne, yes that is what we do, Drop down list or even ACL as work-around. 

It was more around user-friendliness. 

Thanks

[Etienne_Canaud]

Quick question: Why do you use ACL or DDL to replace a checkbox? Why not use the Yes/No Radio Buttons? It's much better as a replacement of checkbox as it only takes one mouse click to set the field value:

As a bonus it also supports NULL field value as no radio button will be selected in that situation - but feel free to set a Constant default value to it if you don't like null values.

[Amishra]

Well not saying that we dont use radio buttons, but checkboxes are something that would be handy as well in PPM. 

See example below - checkboxes would have been better; check this is done, check this is done..  as i mentioned it is just a user experience thing. 

[Etienne_Canaud]

I get that Checkbox would be the best option here, but yes/no button would also be better than DDL on your screenshot, so in the meantime you might want to leverage them for immediate usability improvement.

Adding a new validation type is a significant & impactful change, so the votes bar before we consider it for implementation is pretty high - in other words, it may not be available any time soon and anything already available it worth considering.

[Amishra]

Absolutely get that and therefore parked it here; lets see how much of traction we get here.

with re: to screenshots it is just an example, the Yes/No radio button only has options like yes and no.. the dropdowns above has Yes and N/A (so only reason the business preferred a checkbox is if they dont select anything it means N/A according to them)

Anyways this is one use-case but the underlying fact is check box will be useful and impactful when it comes to user experience - that is my take.