Oracle APEX Radio Group null option fix

APEX 5.1 introduced a template option that transformed radio groups into pill buttons.

I love this concept, it makes for a pleasant UI - an easier target for mouse clicks and finger taps.
I liked it so much I tried to do this myself prior to 5.1.

In 18.2 (fixed in 19.1), there's an issue with the way the null option presents for these radio groups - it's not in the same row.

Marko mentions a CSS fix for this problem in his post, but I find it has some side effects.

.apex-item-grid.radio_group{
  display:flex;
}

Stretched items are no longer stretched, and it ignores the Number of Columns attribute.

I went to inspect the generated HTML, and compare it to the 19.1 working solution, expecting to find some difference in CSS, but I quickly realised the null options is just generated in the wrong level on the tree.

You can also test this manually by using the in the browser tool to drag/drop that element to its siblings in the grid-row.

This means the problem can be solved with JavaScript when the page loads.

$('.apex-item-grid > .apex-item-option').each(function(){
  $(this).prependTo($(this).next('.apex-item-grid-row'));
});

This JavaScript identifies any radio options that are immediately below the grid, instead of being within the grid-row. Then for each instance, it moves that element to the next sibling, which is the grid-row.

Using appendTo() will push it to the end of the list.

And this solution honours the stretch option.

Is there a better way?
Other than upgrade to 19.x ;p

References

jQuery Cheatsheet