Wiki wrote:
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A radio button or option button is a type of graphical user interface element that allows the user to choose only one of a predefined set of options.

Radio buttons are arranged in groups of two or more and displayed on screen as, for example, a list of circular holes that can contain white space (for unselected) or a dot (for selected). Adjacent to each radio button is normally shown a caption describing the choice that this radio button represents. When the user selects a radio button, any previously selected radio button in the same group becomes deselected. Selecting a radio button is done by clicking the mouse on the button, or the caption, or by using a keyboard shortcut.

It is possible that initially none of the radio buttons in a group are selected. This state cannot be restored by interacting with the radio button widget (but it may be possible through other user interface elements). When used in an HTML form, if no button in a group is checked, then no name-value pair is passed when the form is submitted. For example, for a radio button group named Gender with the options Male and Female, the variable Gender would not be passed, even with a blank value.

Jo Ann wrote:
Yep we know that part Tom, but the issue is whether or not that selection should be chosen "for" the user or not on default.

Scott Swedorski wrote:
Show me a few forms on the web that have this type of functionality and we will consider it Jo Ann. I cannot remember any form where a radio button was used and not having something automatically selected.

David Sellers wrote:
I agree with Scott. I don't recall ever seeing a radio group without an option pre-selected. Either your radio group has a default option selected or you're wrong.