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Should I change how a list is displayed based on number of options?
In a web application I work on, I have been asked to change an existing 'Owner' field from being free-form to accept only predefined values from a list.
Sometimes that list can be manually configured ...
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What is an effective way to allow user select from a list of thousands of customers
For browser based web application, I need the user to select a customer from thousands of available customers. The user may have the ID of the given customer or just the Full Name & Address. In ...
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Good web-form dropdown alternative for unfamiliar fields?
In general, I try to limit use of dropdowns to lists of no more than ~15 or so options. For larger lists with options the user is familiar with, I tend to favor autocomplete text inputs. However, ...
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Autocomplete returns more than X records
I have read How many items in a web form drop down is too many?. I almost agree with Vitaly's answer: no more than 30 (X) items in a drop down. So if auto-complete request returns more than X records, ...
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jQuery AutoSuggest or Dropdown for Data Input
We are working on an improvement to a project that requires users to enter their state, city, and street to get a result back based off what they entered. The current model asks users to freeform type ...
