How to correctly name a multi-select element in forms?
How to correctly name this in English (in an official documentation for an IT system or in an instruction for filling up some form):
Should I name this:
- a checkbox,
- a check box,
- a tickbox,
- a tick box,
- other name.
According to Wikipedia, all four options are good. But checkbox (as one or two words) is used much more often, according to Google Ngram, and (being a software engineer myself) the term I hear/see the most. As an HTML input element, it's also called a checkbox.
