Thread:Talk:StyleGuide/Forms/Checkboxes vs. Multi-Select/reply

Hrm. Such a thing should be possible, actually.

One of the secondary bits for this is to actually define interface components based on function rather than form. So, for example, a "radio button" is the same as a "select pull down" in function: choose one item out of a set of discrete elements. This is the same functionality as a volume knob, or even a slider.

Ideally, you could just say "This is a time selection control" and the underlying system would know to generate a time selection slider.

As far as your point about multi-select, I'll grant that there are uses for them but in general people choose them when they aren't necessary (e.g., five options or some such). Further, I'd posit that if you are dealing with an interface that has hundreds of options in the set, the interface probably requires a different approach entirely.