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title: Usage
position: 2
seo_title: Guidelines for Using the CheckboxGroup Component
seo_description: Get the knack of the Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup and
  learn how to use and implement the component by following the instructions and
  recommendations in the user guidelines created by our designers.
---
## Usage Guidelines

The Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup requires you to follow some basic principles when using the component.

### Purpose

The CheckboxGroup component is used to present a set of options where users can make multiple selections, rather than just one.

<DosDonts>
<Do description="Use CheckboxGroups to enable the user to select one or more options from a list.">![A Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup with three available options](images/components-checkboxgroup-usage-meaning-do.png "Render a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup to enable the user to select one or more of the available options.")</Do>
<Dont description="Avoid using CheckboxGroups for mutually exclusive options.">![Incorrect use of a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup representing a list of mutually exclusive options.](images/components-checkboxgroup-usage-meaning-dont.png "Do not render a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup when you show a list of mutually exclusive options.")</Dont>
</DosDonts>


### Indeterminate State

The indeterminate state of a checkbox within the CheckboxGroup component is not a standalone state, but a state that depends on the previously selected options by the user.

<DosDonts>
<Do description="Use the indeterminate state of a checkbox within CheckboxGroup to indicate that the user has selected a child checkbox that partially selects its parent checkbox.
">![A root-level Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup in its indeterminate state indicating that not all of the group options it contains have been selected.](images/components-checkboxgroup-usage-indeterminate-do.png "Render a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup in its indeterminate state to show that not all of its child options are selected.")</Do>
<Dont description="Avoid using a checked checkbox for a root CheckboxGroup item unless you want to indicate that all the options within the particular group are selected.">![Incorrectly checked root-level checkbox within a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup while not all of the group options it contains have been selected.](images/components-checkboxgroup-usage-indeterminate-dont.png "Do not use a checked checkbox within a Telerik and Kendo UI CheckboxGroup when not all of the child options have been selected.")</Dont>
</DosDonts>