Radio Button Test Cases Example

Radio Button Test Case Template: In this post, I’m covering test cases for the radio button. In the previous article, I’ve covered checkbox test cases and had requested to cover the radio button test case and if you want more test case then you check more live test case examples on our blog. 

Radio buttons are used on the forms or websites where a user is supposed to make a single choice. Unlike checkboxes where you can have multiple choice, radio box leaves you with a single option. So most of the forms collect data where the accuracy of information is decided based on the radio box selection.

Often the wrong selection could lead to skewed data. If the radio button leads to wrong options even after proper selection, the form output or the application under test could result in faulty performance. So this is one more reason why radio buttons should be checked with care despite their easy to test appearance.

The form in the screenshot has two radio buttons that require a certain response from the user. We are going to use the current form in the screenshot for our test cases. If you have any other additional questions for the radio button options then free to add it and see how many test cases that you can come up with. For the sake of simplicity just follow the screenshot below for the test cases.

Radio Button Test Case

• Check if the radio control button gets selected using mouse cursor action or TAB keyboard key selection.
• Check the alignment of the radio button control on the form.
• Check if the multiple radio button on the form gets selected or not.
• Check the CSS style of the radio button is as per the specification.
• Check the CSS size of the radio button is as per the specification.
• Check the CSS colour of the radio button is as per the specification.
• Click the radio control button and see if the page gets redirected to the next page.
• Don’t click on the radio buttons and see if clicking on the submit button generates a warning “to make a choice” is shown or not.
• Click on ‘Yes’ radio button control and hit submit to see if it redirects to the specific page.
• Click on ‘No’ radio button control and hit submit to see if it redirects to the specific page.
• Check if the user response of Yes is saved in the right database column.
• Check if the user response of No is saved in the right database column.
• Check if the database gets updated with either radio control choice being made.

You can come up with a few more additional options based on the form of radio buttons used with questions. I hope that the test cases listed here are helpful for your use. If you have any other test case suggestions and questions then I’d appreciate the additional information in the comments.

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