# Checkbox group - CheckboxGroup

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The availability of functionality depends on the license and may not be available in all deployments.
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Checkbox group component powered by a dictionary or a service

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/2CssJT0zIo4SJQLbSZ6l/blobs/xKlEda8T6CdBMGM660B3/14_files/image2025-5-14_14-23-19.png)

## Component properties

| Eximee Designer property                                                       | Attribute name in the Source | Description                                                                                                                  |
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| <p><strong>Number of columns</strong><br>(section <strong>Layout</strong>)</p> | columns                      | The number of columns in which the checkboxes should be distributed (default is empty, meaning arranged in a single column). |

> More information about component properties: [Common component properties](https://docs.eximee.com/documentation/documentation-en/budowanie-aplikacji/interfejs-uzytkownika/formularze/praca-z-komponentami-bazowymi/wspolne-wlasciwosci-komponentow)

![Illustration 1. Example appearance of the component on the application](https://content.gitbook.com/content/2CssJT0zIo4SJQLbSZ6l/blobs/MjJJSoDR5zwLtG77x1va/14_files/image2025-5-19_12-36-46.png)

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## Populating from a dictionary

The component can receive data from a dictionary. Simply attach a previously created dictionary in the field **External data source**.

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Demo application: demoGesCheckboxGroup&#x20;
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