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How do you create options with radio boxes or check boxes in the menu bar? I can't find any examples.

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See standard library menu-bar.el and C-h f menu-bar-make-toggle. Here are some examples from standard Emacs libraries.

For a checkbox (from menu-bar.el:

(define-key menu-bar-options-menu [case-fold-search]
  (menu-bar-make-toggle
    toggle-case-fold-search case-fold-search
    "Ignore Case for Search"
    "Case-Insensitive Search %s"
    "Ignore letter-case in search commands"))

For a radio button (from bubbles.el):

(define-key bubbles-game-theme-menu [bubbles-set-game-hard]
  (list 'menu-item "Hard" 'bubbles-set-game-hard
        :button '(:radio . (eq bubbles-game-theme 'hard))))

See also the Elisp manual, node Extended Menu Items.

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  • Thanks, Drew. Radio buttons are so complicated! I will find another way to select options. – Elena Jun 27 '15 at 19:47
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    I updated the answer with a simpler :radio example. Just grep the Lisp source code for :radio to find more. – Drew Jun 27 '15 at 20:36

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