Can a check box or radio button allow multiple selections in required field(s)?.

[Kip_-_ProSites]

The initial selection would be required, however the ability to also select other choices in addition to the original selection. In my attempt to setup, I can select one field (required) but selecting an additional field "unchecked" the original field selected

Something like:

Reason(s) for cancelling

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

In the use case, both Option 1 and Option 3 could be selected.

[SimonATS]

I'm not quite following what you are trying to do here. Can you pos a form, or post a sample so we have some context?

Generally if only one option out of 2 or more options can be selected use radio buttons, if multiple options are needed use checkboxes. From your description it sounds like you want a mixture, but as said not quite sure how it all fits.

[Kip_-_ProSites]

We created a service cancellation form that is sent to clients wishing to terminate service with us.

In the example, there a multiple choices for cancelling a service. (see image attached)

We need at least one reason selected (required), but the recipient has the option to select more than one reason. (e.g. service and support + cutting expenses + etc...)

We created the form using radio buttons with "required" in the default setup. With this setup, if a second choice is selected, the original choice is unchecked, thus only allowing one choice maximum.

We have also tried check boxes ("not required" in setup), which does allow multiple selections, but the recipient can skip this section without answering anything.

I hope this makes more sense.

[SimonATS · Accepted solution]

Hi Kip,

Ok that's what I thought you wanted to do, but needed to make sure. You can't really do this using one 'set' of radio buttons or group of check boxes for the reasons you mention, plus the fact that you can't predict which of the available option will be applicable.

So you need to do this with 2 sets of options. The first set you'd make a requred radio button group, the second a group of optinal checkboxes. Though of course this would be a strange layout.

i think what i would do is split it into a Dropdown and a group of checkboxes. So in the layout all you need to add is room for a dropdown box.

In the dropdown box add all the possible options and set it to required`.

Then leave what you have already as optional checkboxes.

You can also take it a few steps further.

first add an extra option to the checkbox group something along the lines of 'no additional reasons'.

so now you can also make this group of checkboxes required and prevent people from skipping it.

you could also add conditions to the checkboxes.

for starters you could hide all checkboxes and only show them when a selection has been made in the dropdown

also you can keep on hiding the checkbox for the option selected in the dropdown, so you don't get an option doubly selected.

[smj180f]

This post is quite old, but I'm having the same issue and was wondering if this was now possible in updated versions of this software. I have a form that includes a question where multiple options are possible, but at least one is required. When setting up the form in the Adobe DC, it works quite well. However when I try to import that form into Adobe Sign, the participant needs to select EVERY box in order to submit the form.

Thanks,

Samer

[Juan286771152zd0]

Kip, what software are you using to create these pdfs?