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# GroupBox

A Groupbox is a widget to group a set of form elements in a visual way.

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## Features

- Different legend types
- icon and text
- additional check boxes
- additional radio buttons

## Description

The GroupBox offers the possibility to visual group several form elements together. With the use of a legend which supports both text and icon it is easy label the several group boxes to give the user a short description of the form elements.

Additionally it is possible to use checkboxes or radio-buttons within the legend to enable or disable the connected groupBox (and their child elements) completely. This feature is most important for complex forms with multiple choices.

## Demos

Here are some links that demonstrate the usage of the widget:

- Demo showing all groupBox types

## API

Here is a link to the API of the Widget:
qx.ui.groupbox.GroupBox