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Show First 20 Lines • Show All 126 Lines • ▼ Show 20 Line(s)		124	- The text of a check box is on the right of its tick rectangle, which
127	following approaches:	127		following approaches:
128		128
129	- Group check boxes together in the widget column and add a label	129		- Group check boxes together in the widget column and add a label
130	describing the group in the label column.	130		describing the group in the label column.
131		131
132	.. image:: /img/Grouped_checkboxes.qml.png	132		.. image:: /img/Grouped_checkboxes.qml.png
133	:alt: Grouped checkboxes	133		:alt: Grouped checkboxes
134		134
135
136	- Make the check boxes span the two columns, but keep them at the
137	bottom of the form. Remark: This interferes with other layout
138	guidelines
139
140	.. image:: /img/Two_column_checkboxes.qml.png
141	:alt: Checkboxes spanning two columns
142
143	- If all else fails, add a label describing the checkbox on the left	135		- If all else fails, add a label describing the checkbox on the left
144	side of the checkbox, then set the text of the checkbox to	136		side of the checkbox, then set the text of the checkbox to
145	"Enabled", "On", or similar.	137		"Enabled", "On", or similar.
146		138
147	.. image:: /img/Checkbox_separate_label.qml.png	139		.. image:: /img/Checkbox_separate_label.qml.png
148	:alt: Using a separate title label for the checkbox.	140		:alt: Using a separate title label for the checkbox.
149		141
150	- When options are subordinate to a check box (e.g. Audio level can	142		- When options are subordinate to a check box (e.g. Audio level can
▲ Show 20 Lines • Show All 44 Lines • ▼ Show 20 Line(s)		186	.. container::
195		187
196	.. figure:: /img/Checkbox_Alignment_Good.qml.png	188		.. figure:: /img/Checkbox_Alignment_Good.qml.png
197		189
198	:noblefir:`GOOD`	190		:noblefir:`GOOD`
199		191
200	- Label a group of check box with a descriptive caption to the top left	192		- Label a group of check box with a descriptive caption to the top left
201	of the group (cf. :doc:`alignment </layout/alignment>`).	193		of the group (cf. :doc:`alignment </layout/alignment>`).
202	- Create a buddy relation so access keys are assigned.	194		- Create a buddy relation so access keys are assigned.
203	- Use :doc:`sentence style capitalization </style/writing/capitalization>` for check box items.	195		- Use :doc:`sentence style capitalization </style/writing/capitalization>`
		196		for check box items.
			ngrahamUnsubmitted Not Done "check box" -> "checkbox" ngraham: "check box" -> "checkbox"
			ngrahamUnsubmitted Done You missed this one :) ngraham: You missed this one :)
			fabianrAuthorUnsubmitted Not Done No change, since check box is used everywhere fabianr: No change, since check box is used everywhere
			ngrahamUnsubmitted Not Done OK, let's take care of changing it to "checkbox" in another diff. ngraham: OK, let's take care of changing it to "checkbox" in another diff.
204	- Do not use ending punctuation (neither dot nor colon) for group	197		- Do not use ending punctuation (neither dot nor colon) for group
205	label.	198		label.