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title: "Radio Buttons Component"
slug: "radio-buttons-component"
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-13T15:47:27Z
published: 2026-10-13T15:47:27Z
canonical: "docs.unqork.io/radio-buttons-component"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.unqork.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Radio Buttons Component

The Radio component presents a group of mutually exclusive options for end-users to select from. Options can be defined manually or loaded from another field using a Data Reference Key.

> **How to read settings tables**
> 
> 
> The tables below describe each configurable option as it displays in the UnqorkAI platform. Values are formatted as follows: `inline code` — a value to type exactly as shown | **Bold** — a value selected from a drop-down, radio button, tab, or choice chip | **ON**/**OFF** — toggle state | ✓ — checkbox checked | ☐ — checkbox unchecked

## General Settings

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Property ID | `key` | Text input | `radioField` | The unique identifier for this component instance. |

## Display Settings

### Field Text

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Label Text | `label` | Text input | — | Identifies the component on the canvas and informs end-users what information is requested. |

### Contextual Help

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tooltip | `description` | Text input | — | A brief description that displays when a cursor is positioned over the tooltip icon. |

### Formatting

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Horizontal Layout | `inline` | Toggle | OFF | Displays the radio buttons in a horizontal row instead of a vertical list. |
| Show as Button Group | `buttonGroup` | Toggle | OFF | Renders the options as styled button groups instead of traditional radio buttons. |

### Default State Options

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Display as Text | `readOnlyView` | Toggle | OFF | Displays the stored value as plain text without the input element. Shows `None` when empty. |
| Disable User Input | `disabled` | Toggle | OFF | Prevents end-users from selecting an option. The component displays with an altered appearance to indicate it is not editable. |
| Hide Field | `hidden` | Toggle | OFF | Hides the component from end-users but always displays in the Module Builder. |

## Data Settings

### Data Source Type

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Data Source Type | `dataSrc` | Choice chip | **Values** | Sets how options are loaded. |

  

> **Values** — Manually define a list of options.
> 
> 
> | Column | Field | Type | Description |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | Option Label | `label` | Text input | The display text shown to end-users for each option. |
> | Value to Store in Submission Data | `value` | Text input | The value stored in the database when the option is selected. |

  

> **Data Reference Key** — Load options from another module field.
> 
> 
> | Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
> | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
> | Data Reference Key | `data.dataReferenceKey` | Property ID | — | The Property ID of a field that returns a JSON array to use as the option source. |
> | Value Property | `valueProperty` | Property ID | — | The property in each array item to use as the stored value. |
> | Label Path | `labelProperty` | Text input | — | The property in each array item to use as the display label (for example, `label`, `name`). |

### Data Storage

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Store Data in Database | `persistent` | Toggle | ON | When set to **ON**, this setting this setting stores field values to the database when the module saves, end-users navigate between Panel components, or end-users navigate between workflow screens. Set to **OFF** to exclude this field from server-side submissions. |

> [!NOTE]
> Fields with **Store Data in Database** set to **OFF** are excluded from Plug-In component's API responses and Unqork's built-in tracker. When using a Plug-In component to remote-execute a module, any component whose value must be included in the API response requires **Store Data in Database** set to **ON**.

## Actions Settings

### Triggers

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trigger | `trigger` | Property ID | — | Triggers another component when the selection changes. |

## Validation Settings

### User Input

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Required | `validate.required` | Toggle | OFF | Requires an option to be selected before the module can be submitted. |
| Required Error Message | `errors.required` | Text input | `is required` | Displays when the required field has no selection. |

## Advanced Settings

| Setting | Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Require Unique Submission Data | `unique` | Toggle | OFF | Ensures the selected value has not been submitted before in another submission. |
| Custom CSS Class | `customClass` | Text input | — | A CSS class applied to the component for custom styling. |

**Changelog**

| Date | Change |
| --- | --- |
| — | Initial publication. |

End-users, also known as Express Users, are the individuals accessing an application through Express View. In most cases, end-users are the customers using the product.

A Property ID is the unique field ID used by Unqork to track and link components in your module.

Label Text conveys what the input component is and what information it displays. Enter the purpose of the corresponding component or field.

The VCS (version control system) Contributor role has permissions to edit modules in a branch. Set contributors during the VCS Create a Branch process.

Label Text conveys what the input component is and what information it displays. Enter the purpose of the corresponding component or field.

Also known as Record Data. Submission data consists of information saved by Unqork components. View submission data by using the angular command, or in Record Collections.

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an open standard file and data interchange format. Unqork uses JSON for submission (record) data.

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A JavaScript property is a member of an object that associates a key with a value. A JavaScript object is a data structure that stores a collection of properties.

APIs (application programming interfaces) are a set of protocols and definitions developers use to build and integrate application software. APIs act as the connective tissue between products and services.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for presenting how a HTML or XML document looks to end-users.