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Checkboxes are small boxes that serve as functional elements and must be activated or deactivated by the user of a program, the operating system or for the configuration of a driver or a file format. They are often found in downloads, where licensing and usage must be confirmed, as well as in the configuration of printer drivers or other hardware components.

There are checkboxes that can only be activated or deactivated, that is, they allow only two states. For others, the tri-state checkboxes, three state definitions are possible: the enabled one, the non-enabled one, and the partially enabled one. The latter is undefined.

Activation checkboxes for a setup

Activation checkboxes for a setup

The activation of a checkbox is usually confirmed by a black check mark - this can be a tick or a dot. If the checkbox is undefined, the check mark is gray. Checkboxes that cannot be changed in the special settings are also displayed in a gray tone.

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Englisch: checkbox
Updated at: 27.03.2013
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Links: user, program, operating system (OS), configuration (CFG), driver
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