Joomla 4 User Manual

Checkboxes Field¶

Provides a single checkbox to be checked or unchecked.

Options¶

Special options within this field are

• Checkboxes Values
  The values of the checkboxes.

Related Information¶

See Checkbox form field type

Screenshots¶

Creating the field¶

Let's say you create a field with the options shown in the next figure.

Using the field in the backend¶

In the backend while creating an article or a contact you see the field like in the following imageː

Using the field in the frontend¶

In the frontend, you can see the field as you see in the following image if it is checked only option 2. The option Automatic display is responsible for the position of the field and your template is responsible for the design of the field.
Fields are only displayed in the frontend if you have filled them with data in the article. If it is not a required field, can you forget it?