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A frame, or group box, is a type of box within which a collection of Windows Dev Center Help: Group Box
Microsoft Corporation, retrieved 11/30/2014, either because the items are functionally related (such as a
A frame, or group box, is a type of box within which a collection of graphical control element
A graphical widget (also graphical control element or control) in a graphical user interface is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar. Controls are software components that a computer user interacts with through direct ...
s can be grouped as a way to show relationships visually,Microsoft Corporation, retrieved 11/30/2014, either because the items are functionally related (such as a
radio button
A radio button or option button is a graphical control element that allows the user to choose only one of a predefined set of mutually exclusive options. The singular property of a radio button makes it distinct from checkboxes, where the user ...
), or because they apply to related objects.
In HTML (where ''frame'' has another meaning, referring to an individually scrollable portion of a page), this kind of grouping box is called a ''fieldset'' after the HTML element of the same name.
In the adjacent image, the top frame has no title. The two frames below have titles, and a radio button outside them, presumably to select one or the other. The lower of the two boxes is dimmed, or disabled, indicating its widgets cannot be selected. Each of the frames (as well as the area outside of the frames) has a checked radio button, while normally only one of the buttons can be selected.
Any widget, such as nested frames, can be placed inside of a frame, not merely radio buttons.
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