Oracle APEX radio groups as buttonsets

Buttonsets are sometimes appropriate to represent a choice of selections instead of radio buttons.

I think they look much better – especially when used for smaller lists.

Sub lists can be shown or hidden easily using dynamic actions in APEX 4.

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$(document).ready(function(){
//Buttonset radio groups
  $(".radio_group").find("br").remove();
  $(".radio_group").buttonset();
});

What does this do?

First it removes the line break that Oracle adds when you create a radio button item in APEX. Next is runs the jqueryUI buttonset method on any items it finds with the class “radio_group”

If you want to have noth radio groups and buttonsets on the same page, then you could have added another class to your soon-to-be-buttonset item such as class=”myButtonset” then targeted it in your jquery code like this:

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$(document).ready(function(){
//Buttonset radio groups
  $(".myButtonset").find("br").remove();
  $(".myButtonset").buttonset();
});

Hope this helps someone.