tick boxes

Mark your choices

Tick boxes are small squares on forms or interfaces that users mark to indicate selection or completion.

The term is primarily British; Americans say checkboxes.

To tick boxes figuratively means to fulfill requirements mechanically without genuine engagement: The training was just ticking boxes for compliance.

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mark · pen · selection · options · done · radio button · survey · complete · symbolic gesture · bureaucracy · task · click · applications · terms and conditions · opt in · select all · lists · itemize

Opposites
selection method

tick boxesradio buttons

Single-choice interface elements

toggle switches

input approach

tick boxesblank canvas

Untouched painting surface

cognitive engagement

tick boxescritical thinking

Objective evaluation of information

holistic review

Family

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G