---
title: "Create form control - Check box"
slug: "create-form-control-check-box"
description: "Learn how to add and customize a checkbox control in your form, including properties like default value, visibility, and linked variables."
tags: ["Task", "Anywhere Mobility Studio"]
updated: 2026-03-20T12:46:34Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:46:51Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/create-form-control-check-box"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Create form control - Check box

You can add a control of type **Check box** to a form.

### Steps

1. Click **Mobility design**.
2. Click the **Forms** tab.
3. In the list, find and select the desired record.
4. Click **Edit**.
5. If you add a control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.

On the preview, select the desired control.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> If the control list is shown instead of the preview, in the list, find and select the desired control.
6. On the **Properties** tab, click **Add**.
7. Click **Check box**.
8. Sub-task: Define control properties.
  1. In the **Control** field, type the check box control name.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Only use letters and numbers, no spaces.
  2. You can use a label for the display name of the check box.

If you use a label, do not define a Text and make sure **Get caption from extended data type** is set to **No**.

In the **Label** field, enter or select a value.
  3. In the **Text** field, you can enter a free text as display name.

If you use a Text, do not define a Label and make sure **Get caption from extended data typ**e is set to **No**.

In the **Text** field, type a value.
  4. By default, the check box will be cleared on the form.

If the check box must be selected by default, select **Yes** in the **Default value** field.
  5. By default, the check box is shown on the form.

If you want to hide the check box on the form, select **No** in the **Visible** field.
  6. By default, the check box can be used on the form.

If the check box must be unavailable on the form, select **Yes** in the **Read-only** field

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> If the check box is read-only, it appears dimmed.
  7. By default, the next control is positioned on the same line.

If the next control must be positioned on a new line, select **Yes** in the **Append new line** field.
  8. On a check box, you can use a variable as defined for the application or for the form. By default, this field is empty. So, in the **Linked variable name** field, you can link an application variable to the check box.

To link a form variable, in the **Linked variable form** field, enter or select the current form.
  9. You can link an application variable or a form variable to the check box.

In the **Linked variable name** field, enter or select a value.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Make sure, the extended data type of the variable has the same type as the control. In this case, it must be a check box.
  10. If a variable is defined, the label of the related extended data type can be used as display name for the check box. By default, the label of the extended data type is not used.

If you use the label of the extended data type as display name, do not define a **Label** or **Text**.

If you want to use the label of the extended data type, select **Yes** in the **Get caption from extended data type** field.
9. In the **Documentation** section, write the check box control documentation. For example, describe the purpose and characteristics of the check box control.
10. To show the added control on the preview, on the **Design** tab, click **Refresh**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> - In general, if you add a form control, it is positioned before the selected control on the form.
> - Where the control is exactly positioned on the preview, also depends on:
>   - The Append new line property of the previous control and of the added control.
>   - The preview style sheet.
> - You can use the **Up** and **Down** buttons on the **Properties** tab to move a form control to another position on the form.