QuickForm setChecked or setDefaults on Radios not in group?

Hello, Is it possible to set radio defaults if the radio buttons are not part of a group? I tried using setChecked, as described here... http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.html.html-quickform.html-quickform-radio.setchecked.php But this resulted in the first radio per group being checked, regardless of which radio I called it on. My examples are below, but if it is definitely not possible, please let me know. If it is possible, and you have a usage example or correction for me, I would be very appreciative. Thanks in advance. Sarah **** My examples. I. This would help me in two cases. On one form it is a layout issue When I make the radio buttons a group, by doing this, (in a loop) $radio[$i] =& HTML_QuickForm::createElement('radio', null, $alphabet[$i] .'.', '', $alphabet[$i]); $form->addGroup($radio, 'single_correct', '', ' '); $form->setDefaults(array('single_correct' => $selectedRadioValue)); the functionality works, but they layout all together. I understand that I can use a separator, but in my case the radio buttons need to appear next to text input boxes so an administrator can create multiple choice options. As in A. (radio) Choice 1 B. (radio) Choice 2 C. (radio) Choice 3 Where "Choice 1" etc are <input type="text">, followed by a <br />. When I put the radio buttons in a group, I get a layout like this, which isn't so helpful when you're creating a multiple choice question. Choice 1 Choice 2 Choice 3 A. (radio) B. (radio) C. (radio) II. On another form it is not a layout issue, as the choice text is the radio text itself, but currently the radios are not in a group and I would prefer to keep it that way, to avoid re-writing. I tried using setChecked but as I said above, this resulted in the first radio per group being checked, regardless of which radio I called it on. This is my code. It is rendering a test and displaying the answers the user selected (drawing each choice in a loop). $form->addElement('radio', $question->question_id, $letter, $choice->choice_text, $choice->choice_id); if( $params['selectedChoices']) { if( in_array($choice->choice_id, $params['selectedChoices']) ){ $sel =& $form->getElement($question->question_id); $sel->setChecked(true); } } ****************** Tips, corrections, examples welcomed. Thanks, s.