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Expand Up @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const RadioButton = ({ label, value, onChange }) => {

Our Radio Button component is a [reusable component](/react-reusable-components) now. For example, if you would give your input field some [CSS style in React](/react-css-styling), every Radio Button component which is used in your React project would use the same style.

If you would want to create a radio button group now, you could just use multiple Radio Button components side by side and maybe style them with some border and some alignment, so that a user perceives them as a group of radio buttons:
If you would want to create a radio button group now, you could just use multiple Radio Button components side by side inside a fieldset element, with a legend so that the user (and more importantly, screen readers) perceive them as a group of options.:

```javascript
const App = () => {
Expand All @@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ const App = () => {
};

return (
<div>
<fieldset>
<legend>What sort of pet person are you?</legend>
<RadioButton
label="Cat"
value={catPerson}
Expand All @@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ const App = () => {
value={dogPerson}
onChange={handleDogChange}
/>
</div>
</fieldset>
);
};
```
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -155,4 +156,4 @@ const App = () => {
};
```

That's is it for creating a Radio Button component in React. If you are a beginner in React, I hope this tutorial helped you to understand some concepts and patterns!
That's is it for creating a Radio Button component in React. If you are a beginner in React, I hope this tutorial helped you to understand some concepts and patterns!